Lando Norris: I’m just over the moon!

Lando Norris won the Miami Grand Prix, his 110th race in Formula 1. After the finish he joked that the success came ‘almost in time’.

Lando Norris (1st): “What a race! We took the win almost on time, the wait was long, but in the end I managed to win the race! A great achievement for our entire team! Finally I made them happy. The day is long, the race is hard, but in the end we were successful and I’m just over the moon!

I am proud of our victory! Everything went well from day one. During the weekend I made small mistakes, but from Friday I knew we had speed. I made a few mistakes, but today we managed to sort everything out. We used the perfect tactic and it totally paid off.

I’m grateful to everyone at McLaren, literally everyone! And of course I have to thank my parents! I think a lot of people doubted me, and I made a lot of mistakes in the last five years of my not so long career, but today we did everything right. And all thanks to our team! I stayed with McLaren because I believed and still believe in these people. And today we proved that all this was not in vain.”

Oscar Piastri (13th): “I think we did a lot of things right in the first half of the race, but I was a bit unlucky because the safety car came onto the track at the wrong time and then the problems started.

However, this is a very good day for the team, although we deserved both cars to finish in the top three. But our pace is encouraging because Lando’s excellent pace allowed him to win, although we must admit there was an element of luck. In general, I have complex emotions, but of course I am very happy for the team.

When we talk about the Carlos Sainz incident, it still needs to be analyzed. I haven’t had time to watch the video yet, but this happens in racing.”