Norris Accepts McLaren Sanctions After F1 Crash with Piastri

AUSTIN, Texas – Lando Norris has been held accountable by McLaren following the incident with his teammate, Oscar Piastri, at the Singapore Grand Prix. The team has announced that there will be “consequences” for Norris, although they have not specified what they will be. The incident occurred during the race in Singapore, where Norris was close to colliding with Piastri, who is ahead of him in the championship by 22 points. The contact occurred after Norris had to dodge Max Verstappen. Despite the incident, Norris maintained his position ahead of Piastri until the end of the race. Piastri expressed his frustration with the maneuver and suggested over the radio that Norris should concede the position, something McLaren did not apply during the race, but which seems to have changed their minds since then.

The team held me responsible for what happened, which I think is fair. We have made progress in understanding the repercussions for me, to prevent something worse from happening than what already happened.

Lando Norris

Piastri, for his part, commented that both Norris and the team took responsibility. “For us as a team, it’s clear that the way the first lap unfolded is not how we want to race,” he stated. Norris, speaking to Sky Sports News, stated that the facts were reviewed and that there will be repercussions for him until the end of the season. Norris explained that the team could have imposed some kind of punishment. “The rule is not to crash into each other. This was not a crash, it was something much smaller, but we still don’t want to get to that point because it causes these kinds of things, and that’s never good. We want to prevent that kind of thing from happening again. Simply because there was contact between two McLaren cars,” he added. When asked again about the consequences, Norris replied: “Yes, there are consequences.” Piastri was also asked about the consequences, to which he replied: “That’s up to the team.”