Norris reveals the 'absolute red line' he has to avoid with teammate Piastri

15:09, 03 Jul

byTobia Elia

Speaking at the press conference ahead of his home Grand Prix at Silverstone, Lando Norris discussed how much freedom he actually has to race teammate Oscar Piastri and where the red line is that neither of them can cross.

With the championship still wide open after his brilliant win in Austria, Lando Norris is heading into what promises to be another special weekend at Silverstone — his home race, and that of several other British drivers on the grid.

Since the start of the season, Lando has been locked in a tight battle with teammate Oscar Piastri — a fight he came out on top of in Austria after a hard but fair wheel-to-wheel duel that lasted much of the race.

Things went differently in Canada the round before, when the Briton made a costly error in judgment, hit the barriers, and was forced to retire.

Where is the red line between the McLaren's?

Speaking at the press conference ahead of his home Grand Prix, Norris discussed how much freedom he actually has to race teammate and where the red line is that neither of them can cross: ''I would say Canada was a fairly red line. The red line is just, no yeah, no contact. That is it, I would say''.

''It's simple, it's also not simple because when you're racing so much on the limits and you're trying to push the limits of everything, it's so easy to make mistakes''.

''As much as you can say we're the best drivers in the world, it doesn't mean people don't make mistakes. Even the very best who have won multiple world championships still make mistakes. That's the line that we don't want everyone to cross and I think we both know that very, very much so as drivers''.

Norris also added: ''We want to race. There will still be times when as a team we get told we'll have to hold position or do this or do that because we're still under the guidance of the team. But the whole race last weekend was a let them race and that's what we did''.

''So it's clear to us, you know, it's not always something that we have to voice and make clear to everyone else, but it's quite simple. You can do what you guys want to do, you can havE fun, you can, you know, get close. I'm sure it'll make them nervous like it already did last weekend''.

''.There's also a lot of people that work hard to build our cars and give us the possibility to win a race in the first place and if we lose those opportunities because of something silly then that's where we easily cross the line. So, free to race, you know, most of the time for sure, just don't do what I did in Canada''.