McLaren play it cool after Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri collide

McLaren tried to minimize any acrimony between its drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri once they collided on the Canadian GP, which noticed the Briton crash out, as George Russell claimed a decisive victory for Mercedes after beginning on pole.

Norris’s failure to complete, crashing out from 5th position with 3 laps left, signifies that the Australian, who completed fourth, will increase his championship lead over his teammate to 22 issues. Russell now sits in fourth within the standings, 62 issues off Piastri.

Norris used to be fast to carry up his palms over the crash at the group radio: “All my bad, all my fault, stupid from me,” he mentioned directly after the incident. Later he added: “There’s no one to blame but myself, so I apologise to the whole team and to Oscar for attempting something probably a bit too silly. I’m glad I didn’t ruin his race.”

The McLaren group predominant, Andrea Stella, informed Sky Sports: “We definitely never want to see the two McLarens touching each other. At the same time, it’s a contact that happened because of a misjudgment. Lando misjudged the distance to the car ahead. There was no malintent and Lando owned up immediately, took responsibility, which we appreciate. But it’s certainly something to discuss and review.”

Piastri mentioned the tussle between the 2 drivers were an even one. “It was a tough battle but a clean one. I don’t think there were any bad intentions involved, I think it was just unfortunate. We’re both fighting for a world championship and I’m very thankful to the team that they allow us to race. I don’t expect this to change anything in terms of that.”

The lengthy straights, heavy braking zones, kerbs and loss of lengthy, speedy corners on the Montreal circuit didn’t play to the strengths of McLaren’s automotive, which has set the tempo all over the place else in 2025, and Norris is lucky that his error value him a 5th position, no longer 2d. It isn’t the primary time Norris has made pricey mistakes this season, whilst Piastri, a small error in Australia in greasy prerequisites aside, has been a type of consistency.