Martin Brundle confirmed that he does know what the \u201crepercussions\u201d are coming the way of Lando Norris over what went down at the Singapore Grand Prix.<\/p>\n
Norris<\/a> made it be known going into the United States Grand Prix that he is facing \u201crepercussions\u201d at McLaren which will last until \u201cthe end of the season\u201d, after colliding with teammate Oscar Piastri on the opening lap in Singapore. While Brundle could not reveal what they are, he hinted at Las Vegas being the venue where Norris may need to take them.<\/p>\n Lando Norris \u2018repercussions\u2019 to play out at Las Vegas Grand Prix?<\/p>\n McLaren has also been keeping the sanctions facing Norris under wraps, though McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown suggested that they will be relatively minor.<\/p>\n Norris clipped the back of Max Verstappen\u2019s Red Bull at the Singapore GP start, jolting him into Piastri. All three drivers continued, though Piastri was left far from impressed with Norris\u2019 driving, and McLaren\u2019s decision not to swap the drivers back around.<\/p>\n \u201cWe set out at the beginning of the year how we want to race and how we want to race each other, and the papaya rules, which everyone likes to talk about, is pretty much one rule: don\u2019t touch each other and don\u2019t run each other off the track,\u201d said Brown during the team bosses press conference in Austin.<\/p>\n \u201cSo it\u2019s quite simple, and it\u2019s kind of taken on a life of its own. We just want to make sure that, while they\u2019re racing hard, they don\u2019t come together.<\/p>\n \u201cThat puts them at risk, puts the team at risk, and so we agreed with them in the offseason how we would handle certain situations. We worked with them with different consequences for different situations.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was a pretty minor situation, so it\u2019s a pretty minor consequence.\u201d<\/p>\n Brundle\u2019s update on the situation suggests that \u201cconsequence\u201d for Norris may be felt in Las Vegas, Round 22 of 24 in the F1 2025 season.<\/p>\n \u201cUnusually, actually, they\u2019re free to race from lights out to the flag, as long as they don\u2019t run into each other,\u201d said Brundle, the former F1 driver turned Sky F1 pundit and co-commentator. \u201cBut somehow, that\u2019s become a bit of a saga, hasn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n \u201cI do know what the repercussions are, because it\u2019s my business to know things that go on in Formula 1. It\u2019s not my business to say what they are. They\u2019re not a big deal. They\u2019re really not. Something that might play out, I don\u2019t know, in Vegas or whatever.<\/p>\n \u201cBut they\u2019re just sort of trying to be fair and trying to let them go for it. We\u2019ve heard Zak on pit wall to Sky F1, \u2018They\u2019re one-two Zak, what are you going to do now?\u2019 \u2018They can go for it.\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cBut I think they\u2019re trying to sort of use an, almost engineering-based process, to control two very competitive human beings. But, you know, the best way either driver can fix this is \u2013 they\u2019re clearly the best team in Formula 1 \u2013 put it on pole and win the race. That will sort it out.\u201d<\/p>\n Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris head-to-head in F1 2025<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc49\u00a0F1 2025: Head-to-head qualifying statistics between team-mates<\/a><\/p>\n