Charles Leclerc has acknowledged he overstepped the mark in his defensive move against Oscar Piastri during the Belgian Grand Prix, conceding the McLaren driver had a legitimate complaint, according to [Crash.net](https://www.crash.net/f1/news/1101569/1/charles-leclerc-admits-he-went-too-far-oscar-piastri-f1-clash-belgian-gp).
The pair made contact at Les Combes on lap 8 as Leclerc squeezed Piastri to the edge of the track. The McLaren driver suffered damage costing 2-3 tenths per lap. The stewards took no further action, a decision that surprised many: their report found that Leclerc did not deliberately crowd Piastri off the track, but had simply followed his racing line before Turn 5.
Piastri criticised the Monegasque's defence after the race and felt it warranted at least a black-and-white flag. "From where I was at, I was on the white line and got squeezed," he said at Spa. "I think we were firstly very lucky not to have a bigger crash because we touched wheels basically at the start of the braking zone. But I don't really know where I was supposed to go, so the fact that was no... I'm not saying it needed to be a penalty necessarily, but at least a black-and-white flag or something like that, because if we think that that's fine. I mean, it's one thing having touches like that, but even just the incentive of knowing that you can leave everyone the absolute bare minimum space and get away with it, that's not the nicest place to be, I don't think."