Max Verstappen cruised to victory in the United States Grand Prix sprint race, which saw chaos from the start as McLaren teammates Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris crashed out in the first turn

Nico Hulkenberg addresses his crash with McLaren's Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri in the United States GP sprint race

McLaren F1 bosses blame rival drivers for the crash between Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris at the start of the United States Grand Prix sprint race.

Byron slammed into Dillon's car late in Sunday's race at Las Vegas, as he had no idea that Dillon was coming to pit road

Fugle said that for starters, Dillon never waved his hand out the window to notify Byron he was going off the racetrack. He added that Dillon’s spotter, Joseph White, was late in informing them.

When a win seemed futile after Ryan Blaney was forced to move to a backup car ahead of the Round of 12 race at Kansas Speedway, the No. 12 team used its locked-in advantage to turn Kansas into a '400-lap test session.

Joe White stated on social media that he had been fired a few days after Ty Dillon's incident with William Byron at Las Vegas.

The crash came amid car issues for the pole-winning #38 Shell V-Power Mustang of Brodie Kostecki/Todd Hazelwood. The car was nursing suspected clutch issues, with the team bracing to bleed the clutch through the stops. Later, the team also reported suspected alternator problems.

Ty Dillon’s spotter fired after the William Byron Talladega crash incident as Kaulig Racing faces major team changes before the YellaWood 500.