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Does Norris-Piastri crash show 'papaya rules' failing? – F1 Q&A

BBC Sport F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your latest questions after the Singapore Grand Prix. McLaren's Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri collided on the last lap of the Singapore sprint race Red Bull's Max Verstappen dominated the Singapore…
One Place News   •   October 13, 2026   •   Updated October 13, 2026
Does Norris-Piastri crash show 'papaya rules' failing? – F1 Q&A

BBC Sport F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your latest questions after the Singapore Grand Prix. McLaren's Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri collided on the last lap of the Singapore sprint race Red Bull's Max Verstappen dominated the Singapore Grand Prix weekend, winning the main race and the sprint. His maximum total of 33 points from the event moved him up to fourth in the drivers' standings. Ferrari's Charles Leclerc finished the race in second and championship leader Kimi Antonelli completed the podium. BBC F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your latest questions after the race at Marina Bay. After the last-lap incident in the sprint race in Singapore, are 'papaya rules' finally failing at McLaren, and with them the premise of running two number one drivers?

– Alexandros The crash between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri in the sprint race in Singapore left, in Norris' words, "no-one very happy" at McLaren. Norris went for a gap at Turn Five on the final lap. It was a legitimate move, in terms of the racing guidelines, but he tried to back out of it as he saw he was not being left sufficient space, and the two cars collided. Both spun, Piastri into the barriers and retirement and Norris down from fifth place to eighth. What would have been nine points for the

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