The Japan Times - Norris shunt repercussions 'minor', says McLaren boss

Norris, who topped the times in opening practice at the united States Grand Prix, admitted on Thursday that he had taken responsibility for their opening lap crash and that he had faced repercussions, although without giving any details.

"We review every race, of course," said Brown, talking to Sky Sports F1. "Lando and Oscar had a little bit of a touch there," he added.

"The start of an F1 race is pretty manic and it was clearly not intentional, but we don't want our cars touching so we laid out how we go racing at the start of the year.

"So, there's a little bit of a sporting repercussion in lieu of what happened.

"We move forward. The drivers are comfortable and they're free to race and looking forward to a big race weekend."

Asked to say more about the consequences for Norris, he added: "It's marginal. It's consistent with what happened –- which was a racing incident, at the end of the day, at the start of a grand prix with a track that was somewhat damp.

"It wasn't intentional, so it's very marginal and it probably won't be noticed. Lando and Oscar know what it is, which is what's most important.

"Of course, we want to be transparent with our fans. We are doing it the hard way, trying to let both guys race for the championship.

"The easy way out would be to have a one and two as some teams do, but that’s not how McLaren want to go racing."

Norris was fastest in FP1 ahead of Sauber's Nico Hulkenberg with Piastri, who leads him by 22 points in the title race, third.

S.Yamamoto--JT