Sky Sports F1 pundit Jenson Button believes that the Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri incident during the Singapore Grand Prix was nothing but hard racing from Norris.
During the first lap of the race, Norris went up the inside on Piastri. The move resulted in Norris making minor contact with Max Verstappen’s front wing and then engaging in wheel-to-wheel contact with Piastri.
As a result, Piastri had to back off and avoid further contact with the wall, allowing Norris to stay ahead and Piastri to run right behind.
Norris qualified in fourth place, but the move earned him a spot, and he finished the race in third place, the exact spot where he started.
After the move, Piastri requested that the positions be swapped, claiming he had been forced to let Norris through. The team did not oblige, and Piastri’s championship rival finished ahead.
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McLaren has drawn considerable criticism over its rules regarding teammates fighting during the race, with drivers having their positions swapped due to pit stops or prior race incidents.
Button, however, does not believe this incident and the contact merited an action from the team.
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