Lando Norris Laments Making ‘Fool of Himself’ over Clash with Oscar Piastri at Canadian GP

Lando Norris lambasts himself for being a 'fool' and crashing into his teammate Oscar Piastri during the Canadian GP.

Lando Norris Laments Making ‘Fool of Himself’ over Clash with Oscar Piastri at Canadian GP

Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri (via Getty)

The Canadian GP would definitely be a race to forget for Lando Norris. Norris was on the trajectory to fight for a podium finish if it weren’t for his late-race collision with teammate Oscar Piastri. The 25-year-old remained extremely apologetic about the incident and took all the blame for the situation. Now, the Briton once again lambasts himself for his poor tactics in Montreal.

Lando Norris, who is known to be too critical of his mistakes, can’t seem to stop committing them this year. The Briton who was once amongst the favorites to win the drivers’ title has taken a massive beating in his bid against his teammate, Oscar Piastri, in the standings. The DNF in the Canadian GP was definitely not in the cards for the 25-year-old as he walked out of the weekend with zero points earned.

Lando Norris took complete blame for the incident and accepted his shortcomings on the track that ruined his own race. The two teammates who are racing each other hard this season were bound to have a collision between them at some point anyway. Norris now reiterated the first rule of not crashing into your own teammate, which he broke in Canada. The 25-year-old pointed out that he treated McLaren as his own family and tried to give it his best both on and off the track.

I did it because our number rule one is to not make contact with your team-mate, and it’s what I did, McLaren is my family. I race for them every single weekend, I try and do well for them, more than I often try and do well for myself.

Lando Norris told media including RacingNews365

Norris never planned on causing such a massive accident, which cost him the entire race and incurred heavy damage to the car. Speaking of the disappointing contingencies in Canada, the Briton highlighted that he regretted making those mistakes, which cost the team dearly. As such, the 25-year-old will now look back at the blunders and ensure that he does not put the team under such a situation ever again.

So when I let them down like this, and when I make fool of myself in a moment like today, yeah, I have a lot of regret for something like that.

Lando Norris added

Lando Norris opens up on ‘worst feeling’ after Canadian GP crash

Lando Norris has now committed multiple big mistakes that have cost him a lot of points in his championship run. The Briton was supposed to head out of the Canadian weekend with a point deficit of just 12 to his teammate, Oscar Piastri. However, now, Piastri leads with a gap of 22 points, which might be hard to cover up in the coming races. As such, Norris reveals the worst feeling from the entire situation.

Lando Norris (via McLaren)
Lando Norris (via McLaren)

Norris reiterated that he wasn’t ‘proud’ of what he did in Canada, especially against his teammate. The Briton insisted that he felt bad when he let the team down despite looking promising of a good finish. Hence, this was the worst feeling that he needed to get past as he heads into the upcoming race weekend in Austria.

I’m not proud of that, and I feel bad when I feel like I let my team down. And for me, that’s always the worst feeling. So of course, I really need to apologise to all of them, and Oscar as well.

Lando Norris noted

McLaren still looks superior in terms of pace and performance against the rivals. The Canadian GP proved that the team might be losing some ground against Mercedes and Red Bull. Now, Woking must ensure that it keeps up with timely upgrades to hold onto its lead in the development war. The 2025 season is just 10 races in, and with 14 more to go, anything can happen by the end.

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