Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Sunday 19 March

Hear from McLaren Formula 1 drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, and Team Principal Andrea Stella after the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

As it happened

- Oscar makes contact with Gasly on the opening lap. He pits for a new nosebox and switches to the Hard tyre.
- Lando's car was damaged from hitting debris on track on the opening lap. He also pits for a new nosebox and switches to the Hard tyre.
- With the Safety Car out, Lando boxes and swaps to a new Medium tyre.
- Lando, on the grippier tyre, swaps positions with Oscar into P17.
- With two laps to go Oscar and Lando switch places again.
- Oscar overtakes Sargeant on the final lap for P15.

Started	8th
Finished	15th
Fastest lap	1m34.287s on lap 48 (+2.381, 16th)
Pit-stops	1, lap 1 [Medium/Hard] (13.3s)

"Obviously it’s not the day we were looking for, there was contact at the beginning where I lost part of my front wing. I’m not sure if there was anything I could have done really, I was squeezed a little bit. There was some good racing at the end, which was nice and obviously I did a long stint on the Hards, so it’s good to get a bit of learning for the tyres but overall, it’s not what we were looking for tonight."

Started 19th Finished 17th Fastest lap  1m34.122s on lap 49 (+2.216s, 15th)  Pit-stops 2, lap 2 [Soft/Hard] (9.1s) and lap 19 [Hard/Medium] (2.9s)

"Tough race, we were very unlucky today. I had a really good start but then got hit with debris which damaged my front wing. We did our best to try to come out with something, but no luck was on our side. We did the best job we could, working as a team, but it was difficult to achieve anything more than what we did. So, it’s tough, but now our focus is on Australia where we hope to do a better job."

"After beginning the race with hopes of scoring points, we had both cars at the back of the pack after the first lap and we come away from Jeddah empty-handed. Oscar had contact at the first corner, which required him to pit with a broken front wing, while Lando hit the debris coming off Oscar’s car and also suffered a broken front wing that required him to pit to change the front wing.

"We’re racers and we take these unfortunate circumstances on the chin and we will be even more motivated and determined to work on improving the car and to prepare for the next race in Australia. Melbourne is Oscar’s home grand prix and we look forward to a cleaner race."