Oscar Piastri told to think only of himself as McLaren team orders raise questions

“This is not an egg and spoon race at the local preschool. This is a world championship, and they might only have one opportunity.

“Talk to Damon Hill, talk to Jenson Button, talk to Jacques Villeneuve. This is something that matters for the rest of their lives.”

Croft followed up by saying: “And where I think this is a bit counterintuitive is that all season long, McLaren have stressed and have been correct when they’ve stressed this, that the drivers are free to race each other, and were not going to interfere as long as they respect each other.”

“But now with one quarter of the season to go, McLaren are now interfering with what the drivers can and can’t do?”

Lando Norris kept quiet about the ‘repercussions’ he’ll be facing for his Singapore clash

Those remarks came after Norris told Kravitz that he’s already dealing with consequences for his lap one collision with Piastri back in Singapore.

Asked what action was taken over the incident, Norris said: “Of course, things are reviewed and yeah, there are, and will be repercussions for me to the end of the season.

“So yeah, it’s not like I’ve gotten away with anything, but it was also an incident that, let’s say, was small and there was potential to try and avoid it.

“It’s something I never want to do; I said it back after the race. I can’t afford to make contact and have anything happen like what happened because I put just as much risk on my whole championship from something going wrong as I do on whoever I might be racing against.

“So, of course, repercussions for myself. But otherwise, the engagement and how we go racing is the same as it’s always been.”

Norris wouldn’t give any more detail when pressed about what those repercussions might be. McLaren have been told to let their drivers race freely, so any punishment handed down could add fuel to concerns over how they’re handling things internally.