{"id":3733,"date":"2026-10-10T09:06:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T12:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/?p=3733"},"modified":"2026-10-10T09:06:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T12:06:45","slug":"norris-defends-piastri-collision-in-singapore-sprint-i-have-the-right-to-do-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/norris-defends-piastri-collision-in-singapore-sprint-i-have-the-right-to-do-that\/","title":{"rendered":"Norris defends Piastri collision in Singapore sprint: &#8216;I have the right to do that&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video class=\"video-js vjs-big-play-centered\" data-gp-vjs=\"1\" controls src=\"https:\/\/grandepremio-portal.b-cdn.net\/2026\/10\/Lando-Norris-e-Oscar-Piastri-sprint-Singapura-F1-2026-Video-Reproducao-F1TV.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> McLaren drivers collided while fighting for fourth in Singapore (Video: F1TV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">News Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Lando Norris defended his attempt to overtake Oscar Piastri<\/strong> during the final lap of the Singapore GP sprint.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The McLaren drivers collided while fighting for fourth, with <strong>Piastri retiring and Norris finishing eighth<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Norris said the gap narrowed more than expected and confirmed that <strong>McLaren will review the incident internally<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lando Norris has defended his attempted overtake on McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri during the final lap of the Singapore GP sprint, insisting <strong>\u201cI have the right to do that\u201d<\/strong> after the contact sent the Australian spinning out of the race at Marina Bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incident occurred as the two drivers battled for fourth position in the closing stages of Saturday&#8217;s rain-affected sprint. Norris attempted to pass Piastri, but the gap narrowed and the McLarens made contact, ending Piastri&#8217;s race and leaving Norris eighth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking after the race, Norris maintained that he had seen a clear opportunity to gain the position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Norris insists he had the right to attack Piastri<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere was a big opportunity into 5, so I went for it,\u201d Norris said. \u201cThe gap closed a bit more than I would have liked&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut it was a big gap, so I went for it. I have the right to do that. The rest we review as a team.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The collision occurred during the final lap, when both McLaren drivers were running behind Charles Leclerc and ahead of Kimi Antonelli.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/norris-and-piastri-collide-on-final-lap-of-singapore-f1-sprint-as-mclaren-disaster-unfolds\/\">GRANDE PR\u00caMIO reported immediately after the incident<\/a><\/strong>, Piastri was unable to continue, while Norris dropped to eighth and collected one championship point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The contact came at the end of a difficult race for McLaren, with Max Verstappen winning ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Leclerc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McLaren scored only one point in the sprint, allowing Red Bull to close to within <strong>11 points in the Constructors&#8217; Championship<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/verstappen-finally-wins-in-singapore-as-rain-crashes-and-mclaren-chaos-wreck-f1-sprint\/\">complete Singapore sprint results<\/a><\/strong> are available in <strong>GRANDE PR\u00caMIO<\/strong>, along with the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/singapore-gp-2026-f1-start-times-sprint-schedule-and-how-to-watch\/\">Singapore GP weekend schedule<\/a><\/strong>. <strong>GRANDE PR\u00caMIO<\/strong> follows the latest <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/\">Formula 1<\/a><\/strong> news throughout the Singapore GP weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lando Norris insists he was entitled to attempt the overtake on Oscar Piastri after their final-lap collision in Singapore, but acknowledges the gap closed more than he expected<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1020317769,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"42wp_featured_image_caption":"Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri","42wp_featured_image_credits":"F1","42wp_featured_video":"","42wp_featured_image_hidden":false,"42wp_authors_list":[{"id":31,"location":""}],"footnotes":"","42wp_breaking_news":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[117,10,112,248],"42wp_author":[31],"class_list":["post-3733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","tag-lando-norris","tag-mclaren","tag-oscar-piastri","tag-singapore-gp","42wp_author-bernardo-castro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3733"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3734,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3733\/revisions\/3734"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1020317769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3733"},{"taxonomy":"42wp_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/42wp_author?post=3733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}