The incident between the title frontrunners, with Piastri extending his lead to 22 points while Norris failed to score, was the talk of the paddock at Montreal’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and had been long predicted. McLaren principal Andrea Stella said the team would discuss once the dust had settled how to prevent it from happening again.

McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri battled on track during the Canadian Grand Prix, though one of the drivers was left without a front wing.

Lando Norris appeared to get away with a lenient penalty at the Canadian Grand Prix after causing a collision with McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri with four laps remaining.