Singapore Grand Prix result: George Russell wins as tension rises between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri
The incident, which had to create problems in McLaren, came to Norris as a good start from the fifth on the grill and came down into Piastri.
Norris slowed down by Verstappen in the middle of the third round than he expected.
Norris touched Red Bull, damaging McLaren’s front -wing tip plate, which returned to Piastri, whose momentum was controlled, and allowed Norris to be third.
McLaren’s internal rules determine that drivers are free to compete, but should not contact each other.
Piastri said on the radio: “This was not too much team -like, but of course.”
Soon he added: “Is it great with Lando’s pulling me off the road?”
Engineer Tom Stallard told Piastri that the team was “looking at him” before he returned to tell Piastri “they will not do any action in the race” because they will have to avoid Lando Verstappen “and” later they will examine “.
Piastri said that the decision was not “fair” and “hit the teammate” in relation to Norris “Verstappen.
Norris said: “He was slippery, but he was competing.
The context of the incident is a series of situations in which McLaren’s internal policies go against Piastri.
In August, Piastri McLaren driver in Hungary, but was allowed to change strategies with a movement that led Norris to win the race at the end.
In September, McLaren in Italy ordered Piastri to be second in the second place after a slow pit stop for Briton, and the second of the two drivers led to Norris to take the second place with an unusual team decision to pit.
Piastri objected to this decision, saying that slow pit stops would be accepted as part of the race and therefore thought it wasn’t something to be corrected. But he met.
The internal discussions followed this event because it is definitely.
It is time for McLaren’s victory of the constructors, the second in a row and still won with six races – the same point of the season, the Red Bull sealed the title two years ago.
It is a reflection of the consistent perfection season. If the car was less dominant than Red Bull’s in 2023, it was the class of the average area, and both drivers had results in front.
