Any repercussions for Lando Norris stemming from the Singapore Grand Prix have been eliminated by McLaren after the staff concluded Oscar Piastri bore some accountability for the crash at the beginning of the Dash in america GP.
Norris had been cited for the way in which he raced his teammate in Singapore, with penalties recognized that will have run to the top of this season. Nevertheless, after the 2 drivers collided at the beginning of the Dash at Circuit of The Americas as Piastri tried to tug off a switchback transfer at Flip 1 – resulting in preliminary contact with Nico Hulkenberg – the Australian admits the state of affairs has now evened out.
“We’ve gone via it once more – usually we undergo each weekend, no matter what’s occurred,” Piastri mentioned. “I believe there’s a diploma of accountability from my facet within the Dash. And we’re beginning this weekend with a clear slate for each of us. So, yeah, simply going out and racing, and see who can come out on high.
“Sure, the implications on Lando’s facet have been eliminated. And sure, finally it was that [move at the start]. There have been quite a lot of components concerned, however sure, finally, that’s what has been determined.”
Piastri insists the repercussions and outcomes from totally different incidents don’t add any additional stress onto the McLaren drivers, and equally he’s not letting Max Verstappen’s current positive factors influence his strategy to racing within the closing levels of the season.
“Clearly the hole has shrunk a bit of bit in the previous few races, however for me the main focus has all the time been on attempting to go as quick as I can and get probably the most out of each weekend,” Piastri mentioned. “Which in a few of the weekends we now have, in a few of them we positively haven’t. That is actually all I am targeted on and I believe if I do a adequate job of getting on high of that each weekend, then it would not actually matter what the image appears like.
“Each [leading and chasing] have their positives and negatives. Clearly everybody likes a great underdog story or attempting to return again is typically a bit simpler, however I would fairly have the championship lead than being in another spot.
“I’ve all the time form of mentioned I take pleasure in that as a result of it usually means you are doing one thing proper. I believe via the course of the season we now have performed quite a lot of issues proper and there is some issues that we are able to nonetheless do even higher.”
