Baku City Circuit, Sunday 12 June

Hear from McLaren Formula 1 drivers Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo, and Team Principal Andreas Seidl after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

As it happened

• After a clean start from P11 and P12, Lando and Daniel jump up to P6 and P7, respectively, as six of the top 10 use a Virtual Safety Car to change tyres
• Leclerc retires, promoting Lando and Daniel, but the former opts to pit and switches the Hards for Mediums, returning P16
• Daniel drops to P6 as those on fresh rubber scurry ahead, whilst Lando stretches his legs, using his tyre advantage to scamper up P12, gaining P11 as Magnussen retires
• Another VSC gives Daniel the chance to make the switch to Mediums and he returns P9, directly in front of his teammate
• Daniel gains P8 and Lando P9 as Tsunoda falls out of the top 10 with a rear wing issue

Started	12th
Finished	8th
Fastest lap	1m48.276s on lap 44 (+2.230s, 13th)
Pit-stops	1, lap 33 [Hard/Medium] (3.6s)

“I’m happy to have scored some points, obviously for the team and for myself – it’s been a while. It was an eventful race with split strategies, so at the beginning I was a bit quicker than Lando on the Hard tyre, and there were some team orders, and then at the end he was quicker on the Hard and there were further team orders. Ultimately, I don't think we were quick enough to challenge Fernando, as even if we got close on the straight, he was just so quick. So, obviously we’ve got to try and take a bit of drag out the car. That was our Achilles’ heel here this weekend – but otherwise, I think we maximised our result. I’m happy to have had a smoother weekend.”

Started	11th
Finished	9th
Fastest lap	1m47.997s on lap 37 (+1.951s, 9th)
Pit-stops	1, lap 20 [Medium/Hard] (3.6s)

“I’m as happy as I can be with that, we just got unlucky with a couple of positions as a result of others boxing under the VSC, which happens in Baku. It’s just a case of different strategies. So, we lost out a little bit on that, but the pace was good. We found it difficult to overtake with our package here, but the actual pace of the car was strong. I think today was the best we could achieve, all things considered. But of course, we want more, so we’ll keep working on our weaknesses and aim for a better performance next time out in Montreal.”

“Given our starting positions and the performance we had in our package this weekend, we are happy leaving Baku with six points for the team. Daniel and Lando worked together with the team and maximised all that was in our hands today. We knew before the race that, with our top-speed deficit at this track, we would struggle to overtake Alonso on track, which in the end didn’t allow us to progress further up the field despite trying a different strategy. We’ll keep working on understanding the car and see how we can optimise it further for the next race in Montreal, which is only a few days away.

“Thank you to the entire team here at track, back home at MTC and our colleagues at HPP, as well as Daniel and Lando for all the hard work again this weekend. I’d also like to thank our amazing fans for their continued support throughout this season so far, wherever we go. The whole team are working tirelessly to unlock more performance within our car, so that we can keep up the fight in the Constructors' Championship. Next stop Canada."

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