F1 News: Lando Norris Frustrated After "Silly" Crash With Pierre Gasly

"I think it just ended in a silly way," Lando tells the press.

McLaren's Lando Norris experienced his first retirement of 2022 at Miami, which was proving a difficult race for McLaren even prior to the collision.

After a promising qualifying that put Norris 8th on the starting grid, both McLaren drivers struggled for pace on the medium tyre in the first sting.

A slightly delayed pitstop from McLaren put Lando Norris into a costly battle between the Aston Martins and the Haas duo, compromising Norris’ chances of points.

Pierre Gasly, meanwhile, was on track for a strong P8 finish, having spent the first phase of the race defending from Fernando Alonso in his Alpine. 

After the first pit-stop phase, Fernando Alonso went for an opportunistic move on Gasly into turn 1, making contact with the Frenchman and ruining Gasly's chances of points. 

Gasly was visibly struggling with damage following the incident, confirming in a post-race interview that he was trying to retire the car before making contact with Norris at the start of the first sector.

Norris gave his perspective on the incident post-race:

"I think it just ended in a silly way. Someone just said on the radio that he was going to retire or something. If that is the case, then I think what he did was silly. If you’re going to retire, just get out of the way of people racing”.

Pierre Gasly echoed a similar sentiment, pointing to his broken steering in the collision with Norris: 

“I’m extremely disappointed right now, because it was an extremely good afternoon… We looked good for P8 until Fernando crashed into us into turn 1 and broke my rear right”.

It was a disappointing day for both drivers, who both felt points were possible at Miami.

F1 is a sport that moves quickly though, so Gasly and Norris will now focus on the remaining Grand Prix to compensate for their retirements in the States.