{"id":206666,"date":"2025-10-12T00:59:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T00:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/206666\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T00:59:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T00:59:08","slug":"fool-oscar-piastri-under-fire-as-ex-mclaren-driver-spots-norris-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/206666\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Fool\u2019 Oscar Piastri under fire as ex-McLaren driver spots Norris shift"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Formula 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya has branded Oscar Piastri a \u201cfool\u201d after the championship leader left the door open to teammate Lando Norris on the first lap of the Singapore Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

Montoya praised Norris\u2019 bold maneuver, though he did acknowledge that in the eyes of McLaren<\/a> and its \u2018papaya rules\u2019 mandate, it was likely a step too far on the Briton\u2019s side.<\/p>\n

Oscar Piastri left door open to Norris like a \u2018fool\u2019<\/p>\n

The 2025 Singapore Grand Prix brought with it ample drama in the McLaren Racing camp after Lando Norris made contact with both Max Verstappen and his teammate Oscar Piastri<\/a> in the opening lap of the event at Marina Bay.<\/p>\n

Starting from fifth on the grid, Norris took advantage of a gap opened by his teammate to charge up the inside in an attempt to gain as many positions as possible from the start of the race.<\/p>\n

However, slightly damp conditions paired with the harried start of any grand prix meant that Norris made contact with Verstappen\u2019s RB21, which then ricocheted him into his own teammate.<\/p>\n

More on McLaren and papaya rules:<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udc49\u00a0Uncovered Oscar Piastri clip sheds new light on Norris Singapore GP collision<\/a><\/p>\n

\ud83d\udc49\u00a0The future of McLaren\u2019s papaya rules: Are \u2018consequences\u2019 now out of the window?<\/a><\/p>\n

Piastri was clearly frustrated over the radio as he pointed out Norris\u2019 move was not very \u201cteam-like,\u201d a reference to the team\u2019s \u2018papaya rules\u2019 that state both drivers are allowed to race one another so long as they don\u2019t make contact.<\/p>\n

But Juan Pablo Montoya sees things differently, which he pointed out on the AS Colombia YouTube channel after the race.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re seeing a Lando who is starting to take control,\u201d the former F1 driver stated.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s starting to make his presence felt. He did what he had to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cOscar left the door open like never before. Coming out of the first corner, if you look, Lando sees that Oscar doesn\u2019t accelerate, and the moment Lando accelerates, Oscar opens [the throttle].\u201d<\/p>\n

In Montoya\u2019s eyes, \u201cOscar acted like a fool for once. He threw himself like crazy on the outside so that Lando wouldn\u2019t reach him, and Lando threw himself like crazy on the inside.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the first corner of the race. What are they waiting for?\u201d<\/p>\n

While Montoya personally approved of Norris\u2019 maneuver, he did admit that in the context of the team\u2019s driving standards, it was likely a step too far.<\/p>\n

\u201cLando did nothing wrong,\u201d he said. \u201cBut considering how they are racing among the McLarens, he crossed the line.\u201d<\/p>\n

Much of the post-race drama from Singapore has centered on McLaren\u2019s racing standards. Earlier in the F1 2025 season, Piastri was warned by the team against making \u201cmarginal\u201d moves on his teammate that could have resulted in contact, at which point Piastri eased off before contact was made.<\/p>\n

Further, videos have circulated after the Singapore incident in which Piastri defines \u201cpapaya rules\u201d as being just one rule: \u201cdon\u2019t crash into each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella vowed that the first-lap contact in Singapore would be reviewed, though he has been clear in his belief that it won\u2019t require a change in driving style between either driver.<\/p>\n

Now that the constructors\u2019 championship title is settled in favor of the Woking-based team, though, many onlookers expect both teammates to be more willing to take matters into their own hands as they battle for drivers\u2019 title honors.<\/p>\n

Read next:\u00a0McLaren deny Alex Palou \u2018lies and false impressions\u2019 claim in ongoing lawsuit<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Formula 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya has branded Oscar Piastri a \u201cfool\u201d after the championship leader left…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":195470,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,818,913,44,2333,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-206666","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-f1","11":"tag-formula-1","12":"tag-formula1","13":"tag-home-page","14":"tag-mclaren","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-oscar-piastri","17":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}