Lando Norris at the Circuit of the Americas - Photo: Race Pictures

Norris faces 'minor consequence,' but Brown keeps details private

23:22, 17 Oct

Updated: 23:30, 17 Oct

byKada Sarkozi

Zak Brown has explained that the incident between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri in Singapore would have only a “minor consequence” for the British driver, though he declined to share more details.

Two weeks ago, Norris and Piastri made contact on the opening lap at the Marina Bay Street Circuit. The Brit explained a day ago that he was held accountable for the incident.

Brown told Sky Sports that there were “marginal repercussions” for the British driver that “probably won’t be noticed.”

He also reviewed the incident at the Circuit of the Americas to GPblog as well. "It was a pretty minor situation, so it's a pretty minor consequence."

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Norris colliding with Oscar at the start of the Singapore GP - Photo: Race Pictures

However, the McLaren CEO shied away from elaborating further. He continued: "No, we don't want to get into that. That's private business between us.

"I know everyone's interested to know, but both drivers are in a great place and we just want to set them up to continue to be able to race each other hard.

"It's not easy having two number one drivers. Toto [Wolff]'s done it before and I think, I'm sure Laurent [Mekies] will.

"We want to have both drivers competing for the championship and with that comes challenges, that are more challenging than if you had a one and two driver, which we've seen over the years. We're racers, we like to see them race, but we don't like to see them touch each other," Brown explained.

Brown will not show McLaren's hand

The CEO also revealed why he will not reveal more about the situation.

"We're racing against nine other teams. I don't think you want to necessarily show your hand on how you go motor racing.

"So we try and be as transparent as possible, but there's a reason why engineering debriefs are only with teams. Otherwise, you start inviting other teams in. So, I think that's the best we can do.

"We try and be as transparent as possible in saying that some action has been taken. So I think that's been very transparent. But at the end of the day, we're at a sporting event and we can't necessarily tell everyone everything."

Moving forward, Brown wants to see tough but fair battles, without making contact with each other.

"We just want the drivers to race hard and not touch each other. Kind of as simple as that," he concluded.

Norris topped the only free practice session at the United States GP, while Piastri set the third fastest time. Up next is Sprint Qualifying in Austin - follow the session here!

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