Lando Norris of Great Britain and McLaren and Oscar Piastri of Australia and McLaren in parc ferme during the Sprint/qualifying - Source: Getty
McLaren driver Oscar Piastri's manager and former Red Bull driver Mark Webber deemed Lando Norris's Sprint win a "charity" after the recently concluded Brazilian GP on the last weekend. The British driver started the Sprint race from P2 behind the Aussie driver and failed to get past him on the track.
Lando Norris, although stayed in the DRS of Piastri, was defending his position from Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen behind. The Woking-based team enforced team orders and instructed the two-time race winner to let the 24-year-old pass him to aid the latter's championship challenge.
Speaking with Channel 4, Mark Webber claimed that it was "tricky" for a driver in Oscar Piastri's position to let Lando Norris and give up a well-earned win in the Sprint. Webber did not shy away from taking a dig at the manner of the win, saying (via PlanetF1):
