Overview

• Contact between the McLaren teammates on the opening lap in Singapore drew an on-air radio complaint from Oscar Piastri, who later cut team communications during post-race celebrations.
• Zak Brown and Andrea Stella downplayed the clash, praised both drivers’ seasons and said any concerns will be handled internally while continuing to allow hard but fair racing.
• Lando Norris defended his move as standard racecraft, insisting any driver would have taken the gap he saw into Turn 3.
• Piastri leads the championship with 336 points to Norris’s 314, with Max Verstappen 63 back, setting up a tight six-race run-in.
• Red Bull technical chief Pierre Waché voiced disappointment at not maximizing the RB21 in Singapore yet signaled improving form, as debate over McLaren’s earlier Monza position-swap request and Lewis Hamilton’s advice to Piastri adds pressure to the title fight.