Analysis: Norris’s crash into McLaren teammate and championship rival Oscar Piastri at the end of the Canadian GP was completely needless - but was it a sign of something deeper?

McLaren pair Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri clashed in a dramatic end to the Canadian Grand Prix; Norris came off worse and retired as he accepted blame for the collision; Sky Sports F1s Martin Brundl

Sky Sports pundit Nico Rosberg addressed the collision between McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri during the Canadian Grand Prix.

McLaren has quashed sensational claims that President Donald Trump is gearing up to pilot one of their Formula 1 cars at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin next week.These rumors flew after Trump,

McLaren 's dominance was tossed to one side on Saturday as George Russell grabbed pole for Mercedes at the Canadian Grand Prix. He will be joined on the front row by Red Bull 's Max Verstappen two weeks after their controversial on-track collision in Spain.

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Only twice this season has McLaren failed end Friday practice at the top of the time sheet. The first was at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, where the form guide was still taking shape following a brief pre-season testing campaign. The second was Monaco, the sport’s most extreme outlier.

When Oscar Piastri invited a handful of Australian cricketers to tour the McLaren factory outside London last week, insiders at the leading F1 team were in a spot of bother.