Circuit Zandvoort, Sunday 4 September

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

As it happened

• Lando got a strong launch when the lights went out, jumping past Russell for sixth, whilst Daniel held onto 17th
• Russell was able to reclaim the position from Lando, who dropped back to seventh
• Daniel overtook Vettel before swapping his Softs for a set of Mediums on Lap 11, returning in 19th
• Norris changed his Mediums for Hards on Lap 17, returning ninth
• Daniel made his second stop on Lap 27, taking on the Hards and re-joining 19th
• Tsunoda pulled up with a problem, which caused a virtual safety car. Lando and Daniel both used this to box for Softs, returning eighth and 18th, respectively
• Bottas stopped with an issue on the main straight, sparking a full safety car. Lando and Daniel both took on another set of Softs, retaining eighth and 17th
• Despite a late battle, Lando was unable to get past Alonso at the end. The British racer gained seventh at the flag after Sainz was served a time penalty. Daniel ended the race 17th

Started	7th
Finished	7th
Fastest lap	1m14.706s on lap 63 (+1.054s, 8th)
Pit-stops	3, lap 17 [Mediums/Hards] (2.4s), lap 48 [Hards/Softs] (4.3s) and lap 58 [Softs/Softs] (3.2s)

“Tough race, but I think it was a good one. We gave it our all. I think we had decent pace. It’s just tough battling with both Alpines, they can play a lot more with the strategy and hold me up. That was tough, so I’m happy with how we did. P6 would have been the best we could have achieved anyway, so one position out. We did lose some points to Alpine but they’re getting more out of their car than us at the moment. Despite that, I’m happy with everything else. We’ll keep pushing and try to be ahead again next time.”

Started	17th
Finished	17th
Fastest lap	1m15.577s on lap 52 (+1.925s, 16th)
Pit-stops	4, lap 12 [Softs/Mediums] (2.6s), lap 28 [Mediums/Hards] (2.4s), lap 48 [Hard/Softs] (2.9s) and lap 56 [Soft/Soft] (3.3s)

“It was always going to be a tricky Sunday because of where we started and the nature of the track. The first few laps were not too bad. I think we made some places here and there but starting that far back its hard to make a big impression, you need a big difference to make some moves and overtakes. In clear air, it felt like I had a little bit of pace to use – but it didn't always seem to last long. So, obviously another challenging weekend. We look ahead to Monza, and I’ll try to bring back last year’s magic.”

“Strong race for Lando this afternoon, finishing P7. The Safety Car at the end of the race was a little unfortunate for him, and he had to make another stop to defend against cars doing the same. That cost us a position to Fernando [Alonso], who had fresher tyres and could go to the end. On Daniel’s side, it was always a difficult task from P17 to make up positions on this track and unfortunately no opportunities came his way to make any progress.

“The team worked very hard this weekend: here at the track, back home at the MTC, and our colleagues at Mercedes HPP. Our strategists had complex calls to make today, but they were good calls and the strategy team and pit-crew worked well to determine and implement them. Two races down in this triple-header and we go again in five days at Monza. We look forward to that – but well done to Zandvoort and the Dutch fans for putting on a great event with a truly sensational atmosphere.”

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