Montoya blasts 'unnecessarily impatient' Norris as situation now 'is getting out of hand'

With such a dominant McLaren car and a Red Bull team now staying afloat largely thanks to Max Verstappen, many had expected this to be the year of Lando Norris — a golden opportunity to get his revenge on his rival and finally claim the first world title of his career.

While that’s still very much within reach, Norris may have underestimated the rapid rise of his teammate Oscar Piastri, with whom he made contact just last weekend in Canada.

The costly mistake made by the Briton naturally drew plenty of criticism, despite his immediate post-race apology to both his teammate and the team.

One of those who had something to say about the McLaren driver’s weekend was Juan Pablo Montoya, who shared the following comments in an interview with a betting website: "There were even two big mistakes. The first was during qualifying, because the whole Q3 situation is getting out of hand''.

Finally, commenting on the incident with Piastri, Montoya added: ''If you're on a straight and there's grass next to it, you can still get away with it if you end up on the grass. But in this case there was a corner, so even if Oscar had given him a bit more space and Lando had ended up on the grass, he would still have come out on top. Even if he hadn't hit Oscar, it wouldn't have worked."