Oscar Piastri believes there were no "bad intentions" from his McLaren teammate Lando Norris, who caused the dramatic high-speed Canadian Grand Prix collision between the pair that's only boosted the Australian's F1 title hopes.
As George Russell delivered a brilliant pole-to-chequered flag drive to win from Max Verstappen in Montreal on Sunday, Norris crashed out of the race, taking all the blame for banging his car into the back of Piastri as they duelled dramatically for fourth place with just three laps left.
Going for a gap on the inside that simply wasn't there in a bid to edge past the championship leader, the 320kph collision ended with Norris's car stricken, its front suspension broken, and Piastri's coming off relatively unscathed so he was able to complete the race in fourth place under the safety car.
