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NORRIS AND PIASTRI CRASH LETS MAX IN

- BY DAN MOXON

MCLAREN boss Zak Brown blasted the “amateur hour" antics of a rival driver after Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri were both taken out of yesterday's Sprint race at the first corner.

Piastri started third behind his teammate but was punted into the other McLaren as he tried to cut back up the inside, only to be smashed into by the Sauber of Nico Hulkenberg.

It meant Max Verstappen could cut the gap between him and Piastri in the championship by eight more points - a chance he was very happy to take.

But while the Dutchman was delighted, American McLaren chief Brown was scathing of Sauber star Hulkenberg.

“That was terrible. Neither of our drivers were to blame there,” he said after the crash.