Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri collided with each other on the first lap again as the McLaren teammates and title rivals were left on the sidelines of the United States Grand Prix sprint race.

The build-up to the weekend has been dominated by the “consequences” imposed by McLaren on Norris after the team held him responsible for banging wheels with Piastri in Singapore a fortnight ago.

That minor tap paled beside the carnage at Turn 1 of Saturday’s sprint in Austin, Texas, as Norris was left with only three tyres on his car.

Starting from third, Piastri — who leads Norris by 22 points in the championship standings — attempted to cut back up the inside of his teammate but turned into Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg and, as a result, smashed into the rear left of Norris’s car.

Norris was spun

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