Lando accepts crash blame as hot Russell makes a Merc

NORRIS MISTAKE A BIG BLOW TO HIS CHANCES FOR TITLE

- By Daniel Moxon

LANDO NORRIS blamed himself after crashing out of the Canadian Grand Prix following contact with team-mate and title rival Oscar Piastri in Montreal.

That was a huge blow to his title ambitions, with Piastri able to continue and finish fourth behind winner George Russell, while Norris would leave Canada pointless.

The McLaren pair were duelling with three laps to go when Norris tried to push past the Aussie.

But there was no room as he tried to move past his team-mate on the start-finish straight and he clipped the back of the other McLaren, sending himself into the wall.