Lando Norris on Canadian GP crash: I made a fool of myself - ESPN

MONTREAL — Lando Norris said he made a fool out of himself after crashing into the back of teammate and title rival Oscar Piastri at the end of the Canadian Grand Prix.

Norris slammed into the other McLaren as they fought for fourth position in the closing stages.

«Sorry,» Norris said on the radio after retiring from the race from the damage. «All my bad. All my fault. Stupid from me.»

Norris said the move was never on.

«I should never have gone for it, it's my complete hindsight thing,» a downbeat Norris told reporters on Saturday evening. «I thought he was starting to drift a little bit to the right, so there was an opportunity to go the left.

»Way too much risk, especially on my teammate. Happy nothing happened to him, and I paid the price for my mistake."

When asked about if he felt it important to take ownership of the mistake immediately, he said: «I do, because our rule, number one is to not make contact with my teammate, and that's what I did.

»McLaren is my family, I race for them. Every single weekend, I try and do well for them, more than I often try and do well for myself. So when I let them down like this, and when I make a fool of myself in a moment like today, yeah, I have a lot of regret in something like that.

«I'm not proud of that, and I feel bad and I feel like I let down my team. And that's always the worst feeling. Of course, I only really need to apologize to all of them and Oscar as well.»

The collision put Norris out of the race and means he now trails Piastri by 22 points.

The incident is under investigation, with both drivers set to visit the stewards on Sunday to hear if there will be any further action.

It also meant the race finished under the safety car, with Piastri holding on to fourth