Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri shared a lighthearted second after the Singapore Grand Prix because the drivers shook arms whereas celebrating the workforce’s constructors’ championship. The Briton completed the race in P3 after wheel-banging his teammate out of his method in flip 3 on lap 1 on the Marina Bay circuit.
Oscar Piastri was left annoyed after his P3 spot was taken from him by teammate Lando Norris on the race begin, because the latter got here in aggressively, making contact with each Piastri and Max Verstappen. The Aussie driver showcased his anger on the workforce radio, claiming Norris’ transfer “wasn’t very teamlike”.
After the post-race celebrations, all members of the McLaren workforce joined Lando Norris to rejoice their constructors’ title victory on the rostrum. However Piastri was notably lacking from this celebration, which additionally included Zak Brown and Andrea Stella.
Piastri ultimately joined the occasion when the Papaya workforce got here collectively in entrance of their storage to rejoice each the constructors’ title and Norris’ podium. That is when the 2 drivers met one another for the primary time after their incident and shared a handshake, a second captured by Sky Sports activities’ post-race protection.
Piastri wasn’t very pleased with the McLaren workforce for not intervening as he felt Norris’ first lap transfer on him was unfair. However Norris took the ultimate spot on the rostrum in Singapore ultimately, additional decreasing his deficit to his teammate within the drivers’ championship by three factors.
Piastri was reluctant to touch upon the incident with Norris in his post-race interviews, merely saying that he would evaluation the footage earlier than making any additional feedback about it.
Lando Norris displays on his lap 1 strikes through the Singapore GP
Lando Norris claimed that his “aggression” on lap 1 of the Singapore GP paid off as he was capable of make up two spots within the first sequence of corners. He additionally added that he could not have gotten these positions throughout the entire race if he hadn’t made the transfer stick in flip 3.
Talking concerning the incident on lap 1 through the post-race press convention, Norris defined:
“It was very shut, you understand, so slippery as a result of it was nonetheless damp in locations and drying out. I believe I simply clipped the again of Max’s automotive, and that simply gave me a bit correction, however then that was it.”
“So yeah, good by way of getting two positions. If I didn’t get them there, I most likely by no means would have gotten them, simply because, like we noticed, it was too troublesome to overhaul. So the aggression there and the ahead considering paid off,” he added.
When requested if he was talking about being aggressive towards his teammate, Oscar Piastri, Norris mentioned:
“Nicely, I hit Max, so it wasn’t aggressive on my teammate.”
He then additionally claimed that he solely collided with Piastri on account of his second with Verstappen, which additionally left him with a damaged entrance wing. Nonetheless, the 25-year-old defined that he barely felt any distinction in his automotive as he continued for the remainder of the race with the injury.
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Edited by Riddhiman Sarkar
