In Mexico City, Lando Norris started from 17th position and finished fifth, had a very competitive race and, based on fan votes, was recognized as the best driver of the day. In addition, the British McLaren driver improved his own record in terms of the number of places won. His teammate Oscar Piastri was less lucky, although he also earned points.
Lando Norris (5th): “The first start went well for me, but at the restart not everything went as it should. We started having problems due to the drive unit overheating, and before the restart this prevented us from getting the tires up to the correct operating temperature. There was a price to be paid for this.
Then I tried to avoid problems and not collide with anyone, so I slowed down a bit on the straight. Then I stayed calm, got the tires up to the right temperature and then started attacking.
It was fun and I didn’t even think I could reach fifth position, so the pace our car is capable of is encouraging. The pace was very good, although I rode in unusually low positions for a long time. But when we switched to hard tyres, an earlier pit stop allowed me to stay ahead of seven or eight cars, which was great!
The safety car and red flags also helped me a bit because I was able to switch to medium tires. I was able to overtake them well and managed to stay ahead of my rivals quite quickly. The main thing is that we had to try not to get into unpleasant situations, and we succeeded.
It’s a shame we didn’t reach higher positions because I think I could have fought for the podium.”
Oscar Piastri (8th): “After the period when there was a safety car on the track, we simply found it difficult. I had many different types of duels with opponents, which also took its toll and I could no longer maintain the required pace.
Furthermore, the car was damaged towards the end of the race in an incident involving Yuki Tsunoda, and we still have to analyze all of this. He attacked, but I managed to hold him off for a long time, and on his last attempt I didn’t expect him to go to the right in the braking zone. Be that as it may, everything ended more or less normally for me.”
Source: F1 News
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