'McLaren will be furious!' - Was Norris to blame for Piastri collision? — SkimNews
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- Norris dived up the inside of Piastri at Turn 5 on the Sprint's final lap, making contact that spun Piastri around and forced his retirement, while Norris limped home eighth for a single point
- The collision cost McLaren eight championship points — from a potential nine to just one — and trimmed the team's constructors' lead over Red Bull to 11 points
- Martin Brundle (Sky Sports F1) branded the move "not smart" and said "McLaren will be furious," stressing that swapping fourth for fifth made no team-level difference in a Sprint
- Jenson Button called the pass "a hell of a lunge" and read Norris's bullish post-crash insistence that "the move was on" as defensive deflection
- Piastri played down the incident ("not that bothered either way") but flagged the extra repair work now facing the garage ahead of Sunday's Grand Prix
- Both McLaren drivers were summoned to a stewards' hearing; team principal Andrea Stella and CEO Zak Brown declined post-session media and were expected to speak around qualifying
Why it matters: McLaren's constructors' lead over Red Bull shrank to 11 points after a teammate-vs-teammate crash turned a nine-point Sprint into a one-point haul. With both drivers summoned to stewards and team management staying silent, how McLaren handles the fallout now directly affects their intra-team rules of engagement for the remaining races.
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