Andrea Stella has admitted that the contact that occurred between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri in the Canadian Grand Prix was “not acceptable”, with the McLaren team boss conceding that Norris “paid a price in the championship” after retiring from the race as a result.
Norris had been chasing Piastri in a battle for fourth place during the closing stages of the race when he initially got ahead at the hairpin. After Piastri then retook the position, Norris tried again to find a way past on the straight, but the Briton ran into the back of his team mate’s car.
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This forced Norris to pull off the track and out of the race, while Piastri managed to continue and held onto fourth place after pitting under the subsequent Safety Car. Norris later apologised for the incident, with the 25-year-old blaming himself for a “misjudgement”.
Asked for his take on the collision on F1 TV’s post-race show, Stella explained: “Well, we never want to see a McLaren car involved in an accident and definitely we don’t want to see the two McLarens having contact, so this situation is a situation that we know is not acceptable.
