Zac Brown: It was a great day for all of Formula 1

In Singapore, Lando Norris climbed to the podium for the third time this season and at the same time became one of the main heroes of yesterday’s race as he was able to hold off the furious attack of the Mercedes drivers, but he was helped to finish second by a interesting defensive tactic of Carlos Sainz, the winner of the Grand Prix.

In the closing laps, Spanish Ferrari driver Norris, who was behind, deliberately allowed the lead to be kept to less than a second so that he could use the DRS system – this would make it a little easier to fend off the attacks of the active . press George Russell. It all ended with the Mercedes driver making a mistake on the 62nd lap, just a few corners before the finish, and the car crashed.

But yesterday it was not only Lando who earned points for McLaren, but also his young teammate, season debutant Oscar Piastri: he took 7th place, although he started from a distant 17th position.

“I was very impressed with the way Lando drove! – Zak Brown, executive director of McLaren Racing, commented on Sky Sports after the race. – The team did a great job preparing new products for Singapore, and Lando ran the race perfectly. But Oscar also performed well, so it was a great day for McLaren.

These technical updates will appear on Oscar’s car next week, so we can hope that we will have a good run at the Japanese Grand Prix. I’m already looking forward to this.

Lando was stubborn, he literally drove to the limit of the car’s capabilities, and I don’t think he had a chance to attack Carlos, who just acted great, he managed to control the situation with DRS, and at the same time we had our best to do.

The race was really exciting, we could say that we saw an example of the interaction between the riders of the two teams, and I am very happy for Carlos, he is a great guy! Overall it was a very good day for the whole of Formula 1.

When the Mercedes drivers, using the virtual safety car mode, went to the second pit stop and were given new sets of Medium tires, I looked at Andrea Stella, our team leader, and asked what he thought?

He shook his head and made it clear that this wasn’t good for us. But the situation was uncertain, it was very difficult to say which tactic was preferable. When there were not many turns left to the finish in which we could fend off Mercedes’ attacks, Lando defended perfectly.

We should also note Oscar’s work: he started 17th and climbed to 7th place, and this is very difficult.

I can’t say exactly what speed issues hampered Red Bull, but I have to admit that the Singapore Grand Prix was somewhat of an anomaly. I don’t think this will become the norm now – although we would be very happy about it! It is clear that towards the end of the season the results will become increasingly tight and Red Bull will have to make more and more effort to win races. There are seven more Grand Prix to come, which promise to be very interesting.”