Lando Norris throws out his teammate and takes a penalty: “There was a gap, I went for it and I think everyone would have gone for it. There was space and then there wasn’t”

Lando Norris made a serious mistake on the last lap of the F1 Singapore GP sprint race. The English driver attacked Oscar Piastri on a circuit where it is very difficult to overtake, and in complicated asphalt conditions due to the previous rain, and He ended up kicking out his teammate and losing positions.

The British saw that Oscar I was trying to pressure Leclerc and he threw himself too optimistically inside. The Australian made his curve and they both touched. They were fourth and fifth at that time, that is, and after that crash, Piastri He had to abandon and Lando spun, losing places to finish eighth and score a single point. But Lando Norris did not seem sorry in his statements on television.

McLren could add 5 points with Piastri and another 4 with Lando, that is, a total of 9. But he finished the race with only one point, something that will hurt a lot for the orange team ‘papaya’ in the midst of an even fight for third place in the Constructors’ World Championship with Red Bull.

With Verstappen’s victory (8 points) and Hadjar’s retirement, they could have added one more point than Red Bull, but finally, those from Milton Keynes added 7 more than the ‘Papaya’.

Norris and his subsequent statements

Following this, Lando was expected to publicly apologize. But before ‘ESPN’ and ‘DAZN’, he hinted that when he attacked there was space in the curve and that Oscar did not give up that space when he went inside.

“They are races. There was a gap, I went for it and I think everyone would have gone for it. The gap has closed more than I would have liked and I have to review the rest, that’s all. There was space and then there wasn’t. Now, to talk to the team,” he commented.

For his part, Oscar Piastri, on television, exhibited his coldness by not wanting to criticize Lando.

“I have to go and review it. But it is not an ideal situation for the team, without a doubt. Now there is a lot of work. We will review it and see what we should have done differently. The pace in the sprint has not been fantastic and that is what I will have to analyze the most,” said the Australian, more focused on taking advantage of the possible rain in qualifying or on improving the settings of his car to have a better pace in the dry compared to what he had in the sprint qualifying on Friday.