Many fans believed that a crash between the two was just a matter of time, while Brown said earlier this year that he expected Norris and Piastri to collide at some point.

George Russell cruised from pole to victory at the Canadian Grand Prix while title rivals Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris collided with four laps to go.Norris had made a strong recovery from seventh on the grid to tail fourth-placed Piastri in the final stint of the race.

George Russell won his first race of the Formula 1 season as the Mercedes driver held off defending race winner Max Verstappen at the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday.

Russell of Mercedes won the pole for the sixth time in his F1 career with a lap of 1 minute, 10.899 seconds to best Verstappen of Red Bull, who was .160 seconds behind.