Andrea Stella has admitted that the contact that occurred between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri within the Canadian Grand Prix was “not acceptable”, with the McLaren staff boss conceding that Norris “paid a value within the championship” after retiring from the race in consequence.
Norris had been chasing Piastri in a battle for fourth place in the course of the closing phases of the race when he initially bought forward on the hairpin. After Piastri then retook the place, Norris tried once more to discover a well beyond on the straight, however the Briton bumped into the again of his staff mate’s automotive.
This pressured Norris to drag off the observe and out of the race, whereas Piastri managed to proceed and held onto fourth place after pitting beneath the next Security Automobile. Norris later apologised for the incident, with the 25-year-old blaming himself for a “misjudgement”, and he was additionally hit with a five-second penalty by the stewards for being at fault.
Requested for his tackle the collision on F1 TV’s post-race present, Stella defined: “Properly, we by no means wish to see a McLaren automotive concerned in an accident and positively we don’t wish to see the 2 McLarens having contact, so this case is a scenario that we all know is just not acceptable.
