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Stella praises Norris for team-first response after McLaren sprint clash
McLaren team-mates Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri collided while competing for fourth place in the Singapore Grand Prix sprint race.
The clash sent Piastri out of the race and left Norris eighth.
Stewards said both drivers contributed to the collision and did not punish Norris.
On Sunday, Norris finished fourth and offered to help Piastri as he challenged Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton for fifth.
Norris later said he should not have tried the sprint overtake, and Piastri said the clash did not need to happen.
McLaren boss Andrea Stella praised Norris’s approach and said the team’s conversations about working together were not finished.
McLaren is trying to hold third place in the constructors’ standings, with Red Bull seven points behind.
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella praised Lando Norris for offering to help Oscar Piastri during the Singapore Grand Prix.
The praise followed a sprint-race collision between the team-mates that forced Piastri to retire and left Norris eighth.
On Sunday, Norris finished fourth and offered to help Piastri attack Lewis Hamilton for fifth.
Stella called the sprint incident unacceptable and said discussions about how the team works together were continuing.
Norris later said he should not have attempted the sprint overtake, while Piastri said the incident did not need to happen.
- Who
- McLaren team principal Andrea Stella praised Lando Norris for his response after a clash with team-mate Oscar Piastri.
- What
- Norris and Piastri collided during the Singapore Grand Prix sprint race. Norris later offered to help Piastri in the Sunday race.
- When
- During the Singapore Grand Prix weekend; the sprint was on Saturday and the race was on Sunday.
- Where
- The Singapore Grand Prix. The collision happened at Turn 5.
- Why
- Stella praised Norris for adopting a team-first approach and said McLaren wanted to become a more united team.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
This is what I expect as a team principal.
What we had yesterday I classified it as unacceptable, which is a statement that comes from the team principal.
should never have attempted
didn’t need to happen
Norris made an inside lunge on the final lap of the sprint, and he and Piastri collided at Turn 5.
Piastri retired after the collision, while Norris finished eighth.
Norris finished fourth and offered to help Piastri in his late attack on Lewis Hamilton for fifth.
- Collision
- Turn 5, Singapore Grand Prix sprint
- Piastri
- Retired after the collision
- Norris
- Finished eighth in the sprint and fourth on Sunday
- Piastri's Sunday result
- Fifth, after a late attack on Lewis Hamilton
- McLaren standings
- Third in the constructors’ standings; Red Bull was seven points behind
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