Norris: Stupid from me

Norris started the race from seventh on the grid and made his way up to fifth and was fighting Piastri for fourth with an eye on Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli, who was a bit further up the road in third.

At one point, it seemed that Norris made the pass, but Piastri came back at him immediately and passed him, with the duel continuing until the Briton ran into the back of his teammate, suffering front wing damage, and then hit the barrier, breaking his front suspension.

Piastri, on the other hand, was lucky not to suffer any damage or a puncture, with McLaren pitting him precautionarily for Soft tyres under the Safety Car.

After the crash, Norris immediately raised his hand, taking responsibility, and radioed: "I'm sorry. All my bad. All my fault. Stupid from me."

Later in the media pen, Norris added: "No one to blame but myself, so I apologize to the whole team and to Oscar as well for attempting something probably a bit too silly. Glad I didn't ruin his race. In the end, apologies to the team.

"I go to bed tonight and apologize to everyone and then crack on," Norris added when asked how he plans to reset ahead of Austria.

As for Piastri, he commented on the incident, saying: "Obviously it's not ideal for anyone, but I haven't actually seen the incident, so I don't know what exactly happened.

"But if Lando has taken full responsibility, then that's how it goes, I guess. Just a bit of a tricky race in general and not an ideal finish.

"I thought it was," Piastri responded when asked if he believed the fight with his teammate was fair up to the accident.

"He made quite a large move into Turn 10, held my own into the chicane, and it was definitely a tough battle but a clean one up until that point.

"Again, I've not seen the incident, but I don't think there were any bad intentions involved, I think it was just unfortunate really. I'll go and have a look obviously but we're both fighting for a world championship and am very thankful to the team that they allow us to race.

"I don't expect this to change anything in terms of that. We'll keep going racing through the year," Piastri concluded.

As for McLaren team principal Andrea Stella, he pointed out that it was an innocent error from Norris but admitted having his cars clashing was not acceptable.

He said: "We never want to see a McLaren involved in an accident and definitely we never want to see the two McLarens touching each other.

"It's something we definitely need to review because this is a very clear principle. At the same time it's a contact that happened because of a misjudgment.

"Lando misjudged the distance to the car ahead and therefore there was no malintent," the Italian insisted. "Lando owned immediately, took responsibility for that, but certainly something to discuss and review.

"Our principles are already in place, our drivers will have something to learn further and we go racing again.

"It is absolutely a misjudgment that cost Lando quite a lot in the championship. It already cost for the team so definitely an incident that should have not happened," Stella concluded.

Stella and McLaren CEO Zak Brown have always insisted their drivers were free to race as long as they abided by "Papaya Rules" but Norris, coincidentally, ahead of the race in Canada, said that it was a matter of time before something happened between him and Piastri.

(Quotes from Sky Sport F1)