I had a right to go for gap on Piastri - Norris

Lando Norris says he had a right to try and overtake Oscar Piastri on the final lap of the Sprint at the Singapore Grand Prix, after colliding with his teammate.

“I think the pace was very strong, obviously you’re just stuck the whole race,” Norris said. “On the last lap there was a big opportunity into Turn 5 so I went for it.

“The gap closed a bit more than I would have liked and obviously I've had to back out of it because the gap was closing, so I've had to try and avoid the incident and obviously there still was one. But it was a big gap so I went for it; I have the right to do that. The rest we go review as a team.”

Piastri himself said he didn’t know Norris had attempted a move and felt he was too far back to try the overtake on the entry to the corner.

“I need to look at it,” Piastri said in the immediate aftermath. “I didn't see him at the apex. I looked behind into the corner and saw he was a reasonable way behind for a corner like that but I'll have a look and the team can do what it needs to do.”

The stewards decided that both drivers had contributed to the contact and that neither was wholly or predominantly to blame for the incident, with Piastri saying he only realized Norris was there after turning in and then attempting to leave space.