Italian Grand Prix: Lando Norris Disappointed By Mclaren Team-Mate Oscar Piastri In Monza

Lando Norris was left disappointed by Oscar Piastri's driving after the McLaren duo almost collided at the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday. (More Motorsport News)

Norris claimed pole position once more in Monza but was overtaken on the first lap ไby Pi♉astri, snatching the inside line at Turn 4.

The McLaren pair subsequently finished behind Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, though Piasﷺtri's racing tactics were questioned by Norriℱs after the conclusion on Sky Sports.

"I feel he got way too close for comfort," Norris said. "We could both have easily been out in that first coꦏrner if I broke one metre later.

"If I could rewind, I would do stuff slightly differently. But it is what it is. Charles won by two seconds ♑in the end and the fact he got ahead probably gained him two secon🔴ds over the course of the race.

"We couldn't achieve a one-stop as our degradation was too high on the front tyres. That is a weakn🧔ess for us at the minute."

Having failed to close the gap on Leclerc, Piast♎ri finished second and a place ahead of Norris, with the trio sitting together at the po꧃st-race drivers' press conference.

When pressed on his earlier criticism of Piastri, Norris attempted to explain his warning, though c🅘onceded the difficulties in making split-second decisions.

"Just brak💮e a bit later, simple as that. But sometimes it's easier said than done," Norris s𒐪aid.

"Oscar obviously braked on the limit and gave me🀅 space, there was just about enough. I did my best to avoid anything else happening at the time.

"At the same time, If I brake two metres later, you don't know and you can't predict,♒ but it could easily have bee🙈n a crash. It's a tough one. The easiest thing is just to brake way later and force him off, and kind of treat it like no one else.

"I obviously took it easy. I saw we had a massive gap behind, so maybe I was just a bit too much on the cautious𒐪 side and paid the price."

Australia's Pi🀅astri, however, saw the incid💎ent somewhat differently.

"I broke later and got around the outside," Piastri said. "There ꦜwasn't really much more to it than tha♌t.

"We both got ♒through it unscathed. I knew once I hit the brakes I kind of got ahead a bꦆit and knew I was entitled to stay on the outside.

"For 38 laps, it put me in a race-winning positio🐻n. So it was just a good fi📖rst lap."