McLaren has issued a statement in response to both Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri having been disqualified from the Las Vegas Grand Prix.

Both of the team’s drivers were found to have excessive plank wear after the race on Saturday night, which led to Norris losing second place and Piastri being forced to give up his fourth place finish.

McLaren apologises to drivers for double Las Vegas GP disqualification

Norris had finished second on the road behind Max Verstappen, with the Red Bull driver having taken the lead after the World Championship leader ran deep into the first braking zone at the start.

Piastri had fallen backwards at the start, but made his strategy work in his favour to work his way back to fifth crossing the line, but a five-second penalty for the Mercedes of Kimi Anton

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