Team principal Andrea Stella acknowledged that a clash between the two championship contenders was imminent at some point in the current season.

Lando Norris accepted the blame, but outspoken 1997 F1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve says Oscar Piastri is not entirely without fault for the bundle between the two McLarens in Canada.

FORMULA One championship leader Oscar Piastri accepted McLaren teammate Lando Norris’s apologies on Sunday after the Briton misjudged a passing move and crashed into him in the closing laps of the Canadian Grand Prix.

Formula One leader Oscar Piastri stayed hopeful after a qualifying session that had McLaren boss Andrea Stella talking of damage limitation in Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix.

The McLaren pair collided while battling for fourth at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, with Norris clipping the rear of Piastri’s car

McLaren has given a clear verdict on their drivers' ambitions after Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris farcically collided at the Canadian Grand Prix.

All the reaction from the Canadian Grand Prix where McLaren team-mates Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri collided in a race won by George Russell.

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