Jonathan Wheatley, the Sauber team principal, has revealed that McLaren boss Zak Brown sent him an apology after initially blaming Nico Hulkenberg for the accident at the start of the United States Grand Prix sprint race.

McLaren drivers Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, as well as the Aston Martin of Fernando Alonso, were eliminated in a multi-car crash at the start of the mini race at the Circuit of the Americas last Saturday.

McLaren’s Zak Brown apologises to Jonathan Wheatley and Nico Hulkenberg

A tangle between Hulkenberg and Piastri at Turn 1 triggered the incident, with the Sauber driver escaping with font wing damage.

Brown, the McLaren chief executive, leapt to the defence of Piastri and Norris in the immediate aftermath, pointing at “some amateur hour driving” at the first corn

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