Lando Norris criticised Oscar Piastri for getting 'way too close for comfort' in pulling off an opening-lap overtake on his McLaren team-mate during the Italian GP.
Lando Norris criticised Oscar Piastri for getting 'way too close for comfort' in pulling off an opening-lap overtake on his McLaren team-mate on the first lap of the Italian Grand Prix. McLaren were perfectly positioned to control the race as pole-sitter Norris and Piastri held their positions at the first corner, but the Australian appeared to surprise his team-mate by going around the outside into Turn 4 and earning the inside line at the second part of the chicane.
' Piastri, who is 106 points behind Verstappen in the drivers' standings, was adamant he had simply pulled off a clean pass. 'I broke later and got around the outside,' the Australian said. 'There wasn't really much more to it than that. 'We both got through it unscathed. I knew once I hit the brakes I kind of got ahead a bit and knew I was entitled to stay on the outside. For 38 laps, it put me in a race-winning position. So it was just a good first lap.
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