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ABC News
16-06-2025
- Automotive
- ABC News
McLaren lets Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris race freely despite Canadian GP crash
McLaren will continue to let Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris race freely for the Formula One title but there will be some tough talks back at the factory after this week's collision in Canada. Norris accepted the blame after hitting the rear of his championship-leading Australian teammate's car while trying to overtake in a battle for fourth place three laps from the finish. The incident between the title frontrunners, with Piastri extending his lead to 22 points while Norris failed to score, was the talk of the paddock at Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and had been long predicted. McLaren principal Andrea Stella said the team would discuss once the dust had settled how to prevent it from happening again. "Definitely there will be good conversations, but they will happen once we are all rested and calm," the Italian told reporters. He said the team would seek to "preserve our parity and equality in terms of how we go racing at McLaren between our two drivers. "The being free to race and the being clear as to how we go racing is a value of racing," he said. "It is a value of racing that we want to try and exercise and respect as much as we can, rather than every time we have a proximity between the two cars then having control from the pit wall. Stella said the points should reflect the drivers' performance rather than any team orders. "This is not necessarily a simple and straight exercise but we want to try and do it as best as we can," he said. "So I don't foresee that today's episode will change our approach from this point of view. "If anything it will reinforce and it will strengthen that the principles we have require more caution by our drivers." Stella said the incident was a simple misjudgement of distance rather than an aggressive statement of intent and he appreciated Norris's ownership of responsibility. He recognised the Briton's confidence could be dented, with the driver always open in his emotions and prone to blaming himself in a title battle increasingly going Piastri's way, but Norris could count on every support. "On this one I want to be completely clear," Stella said. "It's full support to Lando. We will have conversations and the conversations may be even tough. But there's no doubt over the support we give to Lando. "Lando himself will have to show his character to overcome this kind of episode. Make sure that he only takes the learnings, he only takes what will make him a stronger driver." Piastri has won five of the 10 races so far to Norris's two with 14 remaining. The next race is in Austria on June 29. Reuters
CNA
16-06-2025
- Automotive
- CNA
Tough talks ahead but McLaren want drivers to race each other
MONTREAL :McLaren will continue to let Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris race freely for the Formula One title but there will be some tough talks back at the factory after Sunday's collision in Canada. Norris accepted the blame after hitting the rear of his championship-leading Australian teammate's car while trying to overtake in a battle for fourth place three laps from the finish. The incident between the title frontrunners, with Piastri extending his lead to 22 points while Norris failed to score, was the talk of the paddock at Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and had been long predicted. McLaren principal Andrea Stella said the team would discuss once the dust had settled how to prevent it from happening again. "Definitely there will be good conversations, but they will happen once we are all rested and calm," the Italian told reporters. He said the team would seek to "preserve our parity and equality in terms of how we go racing at McLaren between our two drivers. "The being free to race and the being clear as to how we go racing is a value of racing," he added. "It is a value of racing that we want to try and exercise and respect as much as we can, rather than every time we have a proximity between the two cars then having control from the pit wall. "We want to give Lando and Oscar opportunities to race and opportunities to be at the end of the season in the position that they deserve to be in." Stella said the points should reflect the drivers' performance rather than any team orders. "This is not necessarily a simple and straight exercise but we want to try and do it as best as we can," he said. "So I don't foresee that today's episode will change our approach from this point of view. "If anything it will reinforce and it will strengthen that the principles we have require more caution by our drivers." Stella said the incident was a simple misjudgement of distance rather than an aggressive statement of intent and he appreciated Norris' ownership of responsibility. He recognised the Briton's confidence could be dented, with the driver always open in his emotions and prone to blaming himself in a title battle increasingly going Piastri's way, but Norris could count on every support. "On this one I want to be completely clear," said Stella. "It's full support to Lando. We will have conversations and the conversations may be even tough. But there's no doubt over the support we give to Lando. "Lando himself will have to show his character to overcome this kind of episode. Make sure that he only takes the learnings, he only takes what will make him a stronger driver." Piastri has won five of the 10 races so far to Norris' two with 14 remaining. The next race is in Austria on June 29.
Reuters
16-06-2025
- Automotive
- Reuters
Tough talks ahead but McLaren want drivers to race each other
MONTREAL, June 16 (Reuters) - McLaren will continue to let Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris race freely for the Formula One title but there will be some tough talks back at the factory after Sunday's collision in Canada. Norris accepted the blame after hitting the rear of his championship-leading Australian teammate's car while trying to overtake in a battle for fourth place three laps from the finish. The incident between the title frontrunners, with Piastri extending his lead to 22 points while Norris failed to score, was the talk of the paddock at Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and had been long predicted. McLaren principal Andrea Stella said the team would discuss once the dust had settled how to prevent it from happening again. "Definitely there will be good conversations, but they will happen once we are all rested and calm," the Italian told reporters. He said the team would seek to "preserve our parity and equality in terms of how we go racing at McLaren between our two drivers. "The being free to race and the being clear as to how we go racing is a value of racing," he added. "It is a value of racing that we want to try and exercise and respect as much as we can, rather than every time we have a proximity between the two cars then having control from the pit wall. "We want to give Lando and Oscar opportunities to race and opportunities to be at the end of the season in the position that they deserve to be in." Stella said the points should reflect the drivers' performance rather than any team orders. "This is not necessarily a simple and straight exercise but we want to try and do it as best as we can," he said. "So I don't foresee that today's episode will change our approach from this point of view. "If anything it will reinforce and it will strengthen that the principles we have require more caution by our drivers." Stella said the incident was a simple misjudgement of distance rather than an aggressive statement of intent and he appreciated Norris' ownership of responsibility. He recognised the Briton's confidence could be dented, with the driver always open in his emotions and prone to blaming himself in a title battle increasingly going Piastri's way, but Norris could count on every support. "On this one I want to be completely clear," said Stella. "It's full support to Lando. We will have conversations and the conversations may be even tough. But there's no doubt over the support we give to Lando. "Lando himself will have to show his character to overcome this kind of episode. Make sure that he only takes the learnings, he only takes what will make him a stronger driver." Piastri has won five of the 10 races so far to Norris' two with 14 remaining. The next race is in Austria on June 29.
Yahoo
15-06-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
'Papaya rules' cost McLaren points as Norris and Piastri crash
Australian Formula 1 driver Oscar Piastri of team McLaren, drives during the Formula One Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal. Christinne Muschi/Canadian Press via ZUMA Press/dpa McLaren might consider reviewing their "papaya rules" after a collision between their drivers Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris at the Formula One Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday cost the team points in the championship. The "papaya rules" allow Norris and Piastri to race each other in an aggressive but clean way without the team's intervention and with neither of them being considered the number one driver. Advertisement "Papaya rules are, you know, it's your team-mate. Race him hard, race him clean, don't touch," chief executive Zak Brown explained last year, with papaya referencing the team colours. This strategy played a negative role in Norris' title fight last season as he missed out on the crown to Red Bull's Max Verstappen. At the 2024 Italian Grand Prix, for example, the McLaren duo went wheel to wheel and Piastri made his way past polesitter Norris in the opening lap and ultimately finished ahead of the Briton. McLaren's lack of pecking order with its two drivers in that race also paved the way for Charles Leclerc's victory, which at the time put Ferrari into the constructor's title fight. Advertisement In Canada on Sunday, Norris again left crucial points behind as he didn't finish the race following a collision with Piastri with three laps to go. The two McLarens had a fierce fight in the final laps, going wheel to wheel on lap 67. Piastri went ahead, but Norris braked too late and ran into the back of the championship leader. "I'm sorry, all my bad, all my fault. Sorry, stupid from me," Norris said over the radio. In the driver's mixed zone, the two shook hands and Norris apologized. While Piastri was unharmed and finished fourth, Norris - who is second in the drivers' standings - saw the gap to Piastri increase to 22 points. Advertisement Many fans believed that a crash between the two was just a matter of time, while Brown said earlier this year that he expected Norris and Piastri to collide at some point. "I know everyone's kind of waiting for the moment (and) I think that moment will come when they're racing each other very hard and somebody gets it a little bit wrong," Brown told The Race F1 Podcast in April. "But I'm not worried about the outcome. Because we've discussed it, we know it's more of a when than an if." Inside the team, some even believed that the sooner the two collided, the better. But the strategy going forward is unclear. Advertisement The good news for title holders McLaren is that they still have a big lead in the constructors' championship - 175 points ahead of Mercedes, who took second place thanks to George Russell's win and Kimi Antonelli's maiden F1 podium in Canada.
News.com.au
15-06-2025
- Automotive
- News.com.au
Oscar Piastri survives collision with McLaren teammate Lando Norris to finish fourth in Canadian Grand Prix
Australia's Oscar Piastri survived a high-speed collision with his McLaren teammate Lando Norris to finish fourth in Monday morning's Canadian Grand Prix and extend his lead in the Formula One world championship. After avoiding any contact with each other throughout the first nine races of the season, the two McLarens finally came to grief in the closing laps in Montreal when Norris tried to overtake the Australian. But Norris went for a gap that wasn't there and slammed into a concrete barrier, ending his race. Piastri suffered some minor damage but was able to make it to the end as the race finished under a yellow flag. Piastri ended his run of eight successive podium finishes as George Russell won the Grand Prix ahead of Max Verstappen and Kimi Anontelli. But by finishing ahead of Norris, his closest rival in the title race, Piastri succeeded in widening his gap at the top of the standings from 10 to 22 points.
