Topics: Oscar Piastri, Lando Norris, McLaren, Formula 1
Lando Norris' team radio message has emerged after an incident involving Oscar Piastri during the United States Grand Prix sprint.
On Saturday, the 2025 Formula 1 season continued at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, as the sprint race took place.
Max Verstappen qualified on pole position on Friday, ahead of Norris and Piastri.
As the sprint got underway, Norris, Piastri and Nico Hulkenberg were involved in a dramatic incident at Turn One.
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Having yielded to Norris going into Turn One, Piastri made contact with Hulkenberg, which then put the Australian into his McLaren teammate.
As a result, Norris lost a wheel and spun, while Piastri suffered suspension damage.
Both McLarens were forced to retire from the sprint race as the safety car was deployed.
Taking to his team radio, a disappointed Norris said: "Someone just wiped me out, I'm out."
Speaking to Sky Sports in the media section after returning to the paddock, Norris was asked about the first lap incident.
The Brit replied: "I got hit. What else was I meant to do?
"I need to look at it a bit more. I just got hit, I got taken out, so not a lot I could have done."
Piastri was also quizzed on the crash, he replied: "I've not seen the incident from the tv cameras, but obviously I had a pretty good start, we both went pretty deep into Turn 1 and I tried to cut back, and got a hit, so obviously not a great way to start the day.
"I need to have another look."
Meanwhile, McLaren CEO Zak Brown was far from impressed with Hulkenberg as he blasted on Sky Sports: "That was terrible. Neither of our drivers to blame there. That's some amateur-hour driving by some drivers up there at the front, (they) wacked out two guys.
"I want to see the replay again but clearly Nico Hulkenberg drove into Oscar and he had no business being where he was, he went into his left-rear tyre.
"It looks like it was just limited to suspension damage, so hopefully it's relatively easy to fix."
The mechanics in the McLaren garages will now be working around the clock to get both cars ready for qualifying, which starts at 10:00pm UK Time.
