Lando Norris narrowly avoided a collision with his teammate Oscar Piastri during the Malaysian Grand Prix, under safety car conditions, a week after a similar incident involving Franco Colapinto in Baku. The situation arose after George Russell's Mercedes suffered an engine failure and came to a stop on the track, forcing drivers ahead of Norris to significantly slow down. Norris, caught off guard as he approached the first corner, had to make a quick evasive maneuver, coming extremely close to Piastri's McLaren. Although Norris dropped several positions, finishing 11th, both McLaren cars avoided contact. Norris had previously criticized some drivers in Formula 1 after an incident involving Colapinto and Pierre Gasly at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, where Colapinto made an error at the first corner during a restart behind the safety car. Norris later apologized to Colapinto, admitting he had overreacted in the heat of the moment. A week later, Norris found himself in a similar situation, although his error this time did not result in an accident. Norris explained that he was surprised by how much the drivers ahead of him had slowed down. "I simply couldn't see, from my angle, how much everyone had slowed down because George was inside," he said. "When I looked at George and then again in front of me, I saw them. But when you're directly behind a car, it's hard to tell if it's going 100, 200, or 10 km/h. And they were going 10, so I was completely caught off guard." Norris admitted he was responsible for the incident, saying, "I suppose in the end, it's my fault. I simply didn't have any luck. Everyone slowed down a lot, and I got trapped by the situation, that's all." The incident drew reactions on social media, especially from Colapinto's supporters, who pointed out the irony of Norris's situation. For Norris, this episode adds to a frustrating period, as McLaren struggles to keep up with its main rivals following his consecutive victories in Hungary and the Netherlands. Although the error at Sepang had no major consequences for Piastri, it serves as a reminder of how easily a judgment call can go wrong, even under safety car conditions.