The McLaren team have provided an update on the cars of both Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri ahead of qualifying for the United States Grand Prix. The Woking-based outfit were forced into major repairs following the incident in the earlier Sprint race.

McLaren F1 bosses blame rival drivers for the crash between Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris at the start of the United States Grand Prix sprint race.

McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown described the first-lap incident that in which his two cars collided and retired from the Sprint at the United States Grand Prix as “amateur hour driving.”

Lando Norris has revealed that McLaren has held him accountable for contact with teammate Oscar Piastri at the Singapore Grand Prix and that there "will be repe

In Singapore last time out, Max Verstappen closed the gap to Piastri to 63 points after beating both McLaren drivers. However, the real drama occurred between the team-mates as Norris bumped wheels with his title rival on lap one as they tussled over third place.

OSCAR PIASTRI and Lando Norris were both left OUT of the sprint after colliding on the first corner. The McLaren pair tangled after Piastri was tagged by Nico Hulkenberg – meaning he

Oscar Piastri has rubbished claims McLaren are favouring Lando Norris over him as the controversy from the Singapore GP lingers into Austin.

Formula One champion Max Verstappen won the U.S. Grand Prix sprint for the third year in a row on Saturday after McLaren's title contenders Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris collided at the start and retired.

McLaren chief Zak Brown absolved both his drivers of blame for the crash which took both of them out of the United States Grand Prix Sprint race on the first lap. Nico Hulkenberg made contact with Oscar Piastri at the first corner, sending the Aussie spinning into his team-mate Lando Norris.

Instead of bouncing back in Sprint qualifying in Austin, Piastri, by his own admission, had a “pretty scruffy lap” where he “just didn’t really get it together”. In a season in which Norris has been the one complaining about his qualifying laps, the Briton finished ahead of his teammate.