‘I made a fool of myself’ - Norris breaks silence after shocking McLaren crash
13:39, 16 Jun
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A downcast Lando Norris said that he has "made a fool out of himself" after he collided with teammate Oscar Piastri at the Canadian Grand Prix.
The 25-year-old was looking for a move past the Australian going down the start/finish straight at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, hoping to take the inside line down into turn 1.
However, a move into a gap that wasn't there resulted in the Brit ramming into the back of Piastri, ending up in the barriers and crashing out of the Grand Prix, losing out on vital points in the drivers' championship.
"I don't expect to pass Oscar on the outside into Turn 1. I should never have gone for it, I guess, in complete hindsight," a dejected Norris explained.
"I thought he was starting to drift a little bit to the right, so I thought I had a small opportunity to go to the left. But it was way too much risk, especially against my teammate. I’m happy nothing happened to him, and I paid the price for my mistake.
"I apologise because our rule number one is to not make contact with your teammate, so when I let them down like this and when I make a fool of myself in a moment like that, I have a lot of regret and something like that.
"I'm not proud of that. I feel bad, and I feel like I let down my team, and that's always the worst feeling."
Lando Norris's retirement from the Canadian Grand Prix meant he was the first McLaren to miss out on the podium in 2025 after ten races.
Norris "let down the team" despite Piastri's quick forgiveness
But the united nature between the two McLaren drivers and the whole team was shown when Piastri quickly forgave Norris after the collision, quickly
"I'm happy he said that. Of course, he's not going to be happy altogether with what happened. I wouldn't be either if it were the other way around," stated Norris.
"Again, I owe him an apology for taking such a risk. He raced me fairly until that point, and it was close, and that's what you want. So no one did anything wrong here, just me.
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"I've let down the team, so that's going to stay with me for a little while. At the same time, part of moving on is trying to put it behind you and crack on with the next weekend. We go back to the factory, and I go and say hello to the whole team, and I'm sure that's not going to be a nice moment for me because of something like today.
"I think the best part of it is that nothing happened to Oscar, and it’s a shame I have to say that, but that's the best part of all of it," concluded the Brit.
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