Lando Norris is facing ‘tough talks’ with team principal Andrea Stella this week after his crash with Oscar Piastri at the Canadian Grand Prix. The McLaren boss warned that the saga could ‘impact his confidence’.

“This may have an impact in terms of his confidence,” he said. “We will have conversations, and the conversations may even be tough, but there’s no doubt over the support we give to Lando and over the fact that we will preserve our parity and equality in terms of how we go racing at McLaren between our two drivers.

“The situation would have been different if Lando did not take responsibility and apologise. Lando will have to show his character to overcome this kind of episode and make sure that he only takes the learnings to become a stronger driver.”