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Lando Norris says he will take his collision with Oscar Piastri “on the chin” and “spend” two days after having crashed from the Canadian Grand Prix.
Norris underwent his first retreat in almost 12 months after hitting the back of his McLaren teammate in their fight for fourth.
The 23 -point lead by the British pilot on Piastri after the Australian Grand Prix for the opening of the season turned into a 22 -point deficit before the F1 race next week in Austria.
“What happened and I regretted it at the time and I apologized for that,” said Norris Sky Sports News in New York before the premiere of the F1 Fill.
“Unfortunately, it’s also the race. I take it on the chin and I have a step. I have to look at the next race and see how I can do a better job and not do these silly mistakes sometimes.
“There are a lot of positive points and I will make sure to look at them and rely on what I have because once I have had a good rhythm, I am sure I will be very happy.”
Norris immediately called his crash “stupid” on the radio and accepted the blame for his first teammate confrontation since he joined F1 in 2019.
The director of the Andrea Stella team admitted that the incident “could have an impact on the confidence of Norris”, but McLaren will bring her “full support”.
2009 F1 world champion and Sky Sports F1Jenson Button says it is natural for errors in a defending battle.
“I like that we have the inter-team fight because it is the fight for the world championship. It is good that they are going hard,” he said.
“It is a moment in time for them when they must grasp the bull by the horns because you do not know when the next luck will come, or if it will never come, because of the change in regulation.
“They both fight for this world championship, but it happens. Lewis and I came across each 14 years on the same straight line! It happens.
“This is the moment that we see that Lando is in a good mental place and if it will come out on the other side.
“I think he was confident in his abilities and put everything, so I’m happy to see him move on.”
Norris entered the season as a joint favorite with Max Verstappen, who is 43 points from the leader of the Piastri championship.
The piastri race of eight consecutive podiums, which ended in Montreal, including five victories, made him the driver to beat, the 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve thinks that Norris is still the faster driver over a race distance.
“Now Norris knows what Piastri will do in the races. He will no longer be surprised,” he said.
“It was faster. It has usually been faster in the races. He just needs to understand the qualifications because it was from top to bottom, but he always has the advantage on speed.
“He’s late in the points, the same goes for the oppressed and that could help him.”
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