Overview

• Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri collided in the final stages of the Canadian Grand Prix, forcing Norris’s retirement and extending Piastri’s championship advantage to 22 points.
• Norris publicly admitted fault for the incident and apologized to both Piastri and the McLaren team.
• Team principal Andrea Stella declared that McLaren will not impose team orders, stressing the importance of allowing open competition despite the risk of intra-team contact.
• Former drivers and pundits have raised concerns over Norris’s consistency under pressure, pointing to multiple qualifying errors and emotional responses this season.
• McLaren says it will continue supporting both drivers equally and hold candid internal discussions as the title battle resumes at the Austrian Grand Prix on June 27–29.