Overview

• Race stewards examined the Turn 2/3 contact in Singapore and took no action, with Norris finishing third and Piastri fourth to trim the points gap to 22 with six rounds remaining.
• Andrea Stella said the team’s in-race assessment found no basis to order a swap, noting Norris’s touch with Max Verstappen contributed to the bump with Piastri, and confirmed a thorough post-race debrief.
• McLaren reiterated its commitment to fair, clean intra-team competition under a ‘let them race’ approach, with both drivers’ views to be weighed in the review.
• The team addressed viral clips by explaining Piastri had powered down his car and could not hear Zak Brown’s radio message, and that he later joined official championship celebrations.
• Online criticism over perceived favoritism has grown, alongside media chatter about a possible 2027 move for Piastri that remains unconfirmed and speculative.