'All Good' With McLaren Drivers

Piastri and Norris clear the air after crash in Montreal, team's 'papaya rules' to persist

- SPIELBERG

McLaren drivers Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris are free to continue racing each other as hard as always, despite their crash at the Canadian Grand Prix, world championship leader Piastri said on June 26.

The 24-year-old Australian said the pair had cleared the air and were ready to continue competing under the team's "papaya rules".

"Obviously what happened in Canada wasn't ideal," he said ahead of this weekend's Austrian Grand Prix.

"But we're still free to race, still fighting for a championship each, so we'll keep going racing and make sure that, obviously, we don't come into contact again."

He added that they had "spoken about it honestly before we even got back to the team" in Montreal.

"Lando put his hands up and apologized, so it's all good and I'm looking forward to going racing again."

He also said he felt that McLaren's "let them race, but responsibly" guidance was the "correct approach" with two drivers competing for the world title.

"It's obviously a difficult one to navigate, but that's a good problem to have in some ways," he said.