Lando Norris to face 'repercussions' at McLaren 'until end of season'

Lando Norris has explained he will experience "repercussions" at McLaren for his incident with team-mate Oscar Piastri at the Singapore Grand Prix until the end of the F1 season.

The British driver did not go into detail as to what that might entail, but he was quick to take responsibility for the contact between the MCL39s at the Marina Bay Street Circuit.

When speaking to media, including RacingNews365, the nine-time grand prix winner said it was "fair" that he take "accountability" for the collision.

The move at Turn 3 under the lights in the Southeast Asian city-state, which saw him hit Max Verstappen and then bounce into Piastri, occurred as he was fighting for third place.

He subsequently got ahead of the Australian. In doing so, he cut his F1 drivers' championship deficit to Piastri to 22 points with six rounds — and three sprints — remaining.

Neither the FIA nor McLaren (at the time) took issue with the incident, but the Woking-based squad has since changed its stance, hence the consiliatory tone struck by Norris in the lead-up to this weekend's United States Grand Prix.

The 25-year-old confirmed to Sky Sports F1: "Things were reviewed and there are and will be repercussions for me until the end of the season.

"It's not like I've got away with anything, but it was also an incident that was small, and there was potential to try and avoid it."

He added: "I said after the race, I can't afford to make contact and have anything happen like what happened because I put just as much risk on my whole championship from something going wrong as I do on whoever I might be racing against.

"Of course, repercussions for myself, but otherwise the engagement and how we go racing is the same as it's always been."

Piastri unwilling to provide specifics

Piastri also would not delve into the specifics of Norris' sanctions when speaking to the UK F1 broadcaster, claiming it is "for the team to know" and that he could not disclose more.

"The talks from Singapore were very productive with everyone involved," he said. "The conclusion was what happened in Singapore is not how we want to go racing as a team, and ultimately, Lando has taken responsibility for that. So that's in the past now, and the rules won't change because of that.

"Ultimately, we have got that framework in place for a reason, and there's no reason for that to change now. It has been dealt with."

"I can't say what the repercussions are; it's for the team to know. Ultimately, he has taken responsibility for it, and there is a form of repercussion for that."