Oscar Piastri confident of 'no change' at McLaren after Lando Norris collision

Oscar Piastri does not expect McLaren to make any changes to the rules of engagement between himself and team-mate Lando Norris following their late-race collision in the Canadian Grand Prix.

With Norris fighting Piastri for fourth position over the closing stages of the 70-lap event at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, the Briton went for a gap along the start-finish straight he completely misjudged.

It resulted in Norris hitting the left-rear wheel of Piastri's MCL39. The impact sent Norris into the wall on his left-hand side and out of the race. Fortunately for Piastri, no damage was done.

The Australian went on to take fourth position, opening a gap of 22 points over Norris in the drivers' standings

"It's not ideal for anyone," said Piastri on the incident. "I haven't actually seen it, so I don't know what exactly happened, but if Lando is taking full responsibility, then that's how it goes.

"It was just a bit of a tricky race in general, and not an ideal finish."

The build-up to the incident saw Norris make a move on Piastri into the hairpin on lap 66. The duo then went wheel to wheel on the back straight before Norris backed out under braking into the final chicane.

With momentum, Norris attacked Piastri again, only to end up in the wall.

Asked whether the battle had been fair up until that point, Piastri added: "Yeah, I thought it was.

"He made quite a large move into Turn 10, and I held my own into the chicane. It was definitely a tough battle, but a clean line one until that point. I don't think there were any bad intentions involved. I think it was just unfortunate, really."

With the duo both in the heat of a title fight, and with 14 races remaining, Piastri sees no reason why the situation on track should change between himself and Norris.

"We're both fighting for a world championship, and I'm very thankful to the team that they allow us to race," said Piastri. "I don't expect this to change anything in terms of that. We'll keep going racing to the end."