Double standards? Norris wants Colapinto punished, he escaped in Canada | OneFootball

The Azerbaijan Grand Prix ended in scandal and with heated exchanges of top-level statements. After being knocked out of the race by a Turn 1 collision caused by Argentine driver Franco Colapinto (Alpine), Britain’s Lando Norris (McLaren) lashed out with harsh criticism of the rookie. However, the McLaren driver seemed to completely forget that he was involved in an identical incident against his own teammate at the 2025 Canadian GP.

“The FIA should be stricter and start handing out suspensions. This is simply negligence; this is not driving and he does not deserve to be in Formula 1,” Norris fired off unfiltered, clearly upset by the damage to his car. The Briton demanded at least a one-race ban for Colapinto and concluded: “In F1 you expect drivers to anticipate things, to know that grip is going to be low. We want to race against the best in the world and, when these things happen, it’s because you shouldn’t be there.”

The Montreal lapse and a blatant contradiction

These blunt remarks expose a striking double standard when compared with what happened at the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix. In Montreal, Norris himself was responsible for a bizarre mistake when he rear-ended Oscar Piastri on the main straight while they were battling for fourth place. On that occasion, after attempting an overtake with no room to operate after the legendary Wall of Champions, the Briton ended up out of the race, brought out the safety car, and completely ruined the Australian’s race (and title hopes).

The contradiction is obvious: when someone else’s late braking or misjudgment hurts him in Baku, Norris resorts to personal disqualification, questions his colleague’s place in the top category, and demands drastic punishment from the FIA. By contrast, when he himself made exactly the same mistake through a lack of anticipation and composure against his own garage teammate, he treated his negligence as settled with nothing more than a simple apology over the radio and in the pits.

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