Formula 1 drivers' championship leader Oscar Piastri shot teammate Lando Norris a look that said a thousand words as the McLaren pair were transported off the circuit after Sunday's Miami Grand Prix.
Piastri took the chequered flag for the third race in a row to establish a lead of 16 points as the only driver with multiple race wins to his name this season.
The Australian glided past pole-sitter and race leader Max Verstappen at the start of lap 14 with the Dutch driver having struggled to hold him off for some time, but it was Piastri's papaya pal Norris who ended the GP feeling aggrieved by an incident involving the defending world champion.
After starting from the front row alongside Verstappen, Norris was convinced the Red Bull driver had forced him into the run-off and left him to pick his way back through the front-runners to a very respectable second.
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The battle between Norris and Verstappen for P2 allowed Piastri to stretch his lead, while Verstappen was also passed by Mercedes' George Russell and dropped to P4.
Speaking to F1 TV after the race under the watchful gaze of Piastri and Russell, Norris said his piece about the start of the race.
"It's just the way it is with Max, you know," railed Norris.
"It's crash or don't pass unless you get it really right and put him in the perfect position."
His teammate's instant reaction said it all about a simmering rivalry and Norris' controversial history with Verstappen.
Last season's top two have fallen foul of one another in close quarters before.
Towards the end of the 2024 season, Norris, who won Saturday's Miami sprint ahead of Piastri, expressed his irritation with Verstappen's driving as he tried to chase him down in both the Brazilian GP and the drivers' championship.
On that occasion, Verstappen was issued with two ten-second penalties by FIA officials.
"Max knows what he has to do. He knows he did wrong, deep down he does. And it's for him to change, not me," Norris told media at the time.
"Max is one of the most capable drivers on the grid, if not the most. He knows what he can and can't do and what the limits are."
Topics: Formula 1, Max Verstappen, Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri
Chris Nee