Sky Sports pundit Nico Rosberg addressed the collision between McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri following the Canadian Grand Prix.
McLaren typically has the fastest car on track, but in Montreal, the team struggled to get the car into an ideal operating window.
Norris and Piastri, rather than battling for the win, locked horns for P4 at the end of the race.
Piastri was ahead, but like a shark in water, Norris was gaining on the Drivers’ Championship leader.
Eventually, the cars were side-by-side, battling for the position and for the larger haul in points.
Norris, in second place for the Drivers’ title, attempted to overtake on the main straight, making a desperate lunge on the left of Piastri, but there was no space for the British driver to go.
The number four car ended up slamming into the wall. Front wing on the floor and head in his hands, Norris walked away devastated, knowing it was a self-inflicted mistake.
McLaren opted for a unique approach with both drivers, trusting the driver’s ability to avoid making mistakes.
While it didn’t work this time, and the worst-case scenario happened, Rosberg found the inner team racing refreshing.
“We’re thankful to McLaren to let them race because it brings us a lot of excitement. It was an amazing battle to watch the two of them go head-to-head,” Rosberg said.
“And Lando did an amazing first lunge into the hairpin, that was beautiful. And then afterwards, yeah, I mean, it’s just very strange, the mistake that Lando made, super strange.
“And it’s just one, one more, one more mistake of the many. And this is, it’s a big mistake because he’s going somewhere.
“And even really committed going somewhere, like he doesn’t back off or anything. He just stays full on the throttle, which is also a bit strange. Full commitment, there’s no gap there.”
The next race on the F1 calendar is in Austria two weeks ago. Norris faces a full two weeks of scrutiny for his racing mistake.
Norris, unfortunately, has made several mistakes this season, this latest one being just one of many.
The run of errors could become “a little bit traumatic at some point,” according to Rosberg, so his inner circle will need to help him handle the additional weight of the moment.
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