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Lando Norris has spoken after McLaren talks left him “accountable” for the Oscar Piastri collision at Turn 2 in Singapore.
Lando Norris has taken full accountability and responsibility for the collision with McLaren team-mate, and Formula 1 title rival, Oscar Piastri in the Singapore Grand Prix. On the opening lap of the Singapore race, Norris dived up the inside of Piastri at Turn 2, but clipped the rear of Max Verstappen’s car. This contact with the Red Bull tipped Norris to the right and into the front-left wheel of Piastri, who was irate over the radio and requested a swap-back of positions. Speaking ahead of the United States GP, Norris described how discussions between the team and the drivers had left him being held “accountable”, which is a position he described as “fair.” When questioned further by RacingNews365 as to why McLaren had decided to hold him accountable, given it had initially cleared him at Marina Bay, Norris explained that the contact between the cars was key. “Well, the simple answer is that there was contact between the two cars and that’s something which we always want to avoid,” he said.
