17/10/2025 06:30
Oscar Piastri has defended how McLaren dealt with the opening lap
clash with team-mate Lando Norris at the Singapore Grand Prix two
weeks ago. Piastri was bumped aside by Norris as they battled for
position, with the contact resulting in the latter consolidating
third on the road. McLaren opted not to intervene, much to
Piastri's annoyance, who labelled the incident as "not fair" amid
the squad's implementation of its racing principles. However,
Piastri has accepted that reading such situations while on-track
action is occurring has its challenges. "The only thing I would say
is it's not always clear immediately, in the car or in the race,
what all the reasoning for certain decisions is," Piastri told
media including RacingNews365 . "It's always been very clear
afterwards why certain decisions have been taken and why things
have been done in a certain way. "So for me, I don't think it is
overcomplicated. Everything has had a justifiable reason." Piastri
revealed that Norris accepted responsibility for the contact after
a review was conducted after the race. With the gap between the
pair now reading just 22 points in Piastri's favour at the top of
the drivers' championship, Norris has just six rounds left to
overcome the deficit. Piastri asserted he will not alter his
approach to racing his team-mate as the season heads towards its
conclusion. "Nothing is going to change," he said. "It's just
clear that we have that framework in place anyway. That's how we're
expected to go racing. "So nothing is going to change because of
what happened in Singapore."
