Lando Norris has explained how he "embarrassed myself" in his Canadian GP collision with Oscar Piastri.
In the closing laps in Montreal, Norris attempted to move to the inside of the sister McLaren on the approach to Turn 1, but misjudged and thumped into the back of Piastri and the pit-wall.
Norris was eliminated on the spot, losing 12 points to Piastri to fall 22 points behind the Australian after a mixed start to the season.
This proved to be one of two moments of contact between the McLarens all season, with Norris barging past Piastri at Turn 2 in Singapore on the opening lap to grab third place, but Norris feels his driving standards were "fair" all year, as he reflected on his racing ethos.
"I believe I won the championship this year my way – by being a fair driver, by trying to be an honest driver," Norris told media, including RacingNews365.
"At times, could I have been more aggressive and got off the brakes and had a few people over? I certainly could have done, and maybe I would need to do more of that in the future, but did I need to do it this year? Is that the way I want to go racing? Is that me? It's not.
"And I'm sure if you compare me, if that’s what you want to do, to all the champions: have I been as aggressive as them at times? No. Have I been as daring as them at times? No.
"But did I do just what I needed to do to win the world championship? Did I perform consistently? Did I perform when I needed to under the most pressure? Post-Zandvoort, did I come back in the way I had to? Did I have three, four weekends of great results? I did.
"I performed when I needed to perform to win the World Championship this season, and in the end, that’s what I needed to do. That’s all I needed to do. Of course, I’ll learn from everything.
"There are some moments I wish I could go back on and I feel bad for, like Montreal and things like that, I embarrassed myself. But I wish I could go back and change some things; there are plenty of moments to learn from."
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