Silverstone Circuit, Saturday 2 July

Hear from McLaren Formula 1 drivers Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo, and Executive Director, Technical, James Key after qualifying for the British Grand Prix.

FP3	1m29.102s (+1.201s)	20 laps	7th
Q1	1m41.515s (Inters)		9th
Q2	1m41.821s (Inters)		6th
Q3	1m42.084s (Inters)		6th

“I’m very happy. P6 is the best we could have done today. I kind of messed up my last lap, but I was still very happy with P6, and it’s been a good job by the team. I’m happy with how I did today, I think I got the laps in when I needed to, and P6 is ahead of at least one of the cars we know is quicker than us. It’s a good position for tomorrow and hopefully we can stay around there for the race.”

FP3	1m30.293s (+2.392s)	21 laps	18th
Q1	1m41.933s (Inters)		14th
Q2	1m44.355s (Inters)		14th
Q3	-

“I’m obviously disappointed with the result in the end today. I think in hindsight I needed the lap to be put in early because the track was at its best early-on but then I struggled to get the lap in when it counted. I think the driest lap I found, I went off, so there was a dry line there, I just caught some of the wet and lost the lap. For the most part, it felt just like I didn’t get the lap in when the conditions were at their best and that’s what cost me more than anything else today. So, that’s on me. It’s put us quite a bit back on the grid, so we have a lot of work to do tomorrow but we will come out swinging.”

JAMES KEY, Executive Director, Technical

“Our car is better suited to Silverstone than the last couple of circuits we have been to so it’s nice to see a stronger performance so far this weekend. Set-up changes overnight were largely fine-tuning and we made further refinements after a dry P3 session, but also to account for the increasing likelihood of a wet qualifying session this afternoon.

“A great job by Lando and his team to keep an extremely tricky session together and put us on the third row for tomorrow’s race, a good and well-deserved result from a quick and controlled drive in unpredictable conditions. Daniel’s run in Q2 was a victim of circumstance and the changing conditions. The track was getting slower as more rain fell throughout the session and effectively fixed the order at an early stage. I have little doubt that Daniel would be much higher up the order if the conditions had remained constant. It’s a real shame, but we know he will fight to score points tomorrow.

“We have good opportunities here, with some close competition around us, so we are looking forward to the race tomorrow and hope that we can maximise our potential and score some good points with both drivers.”

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