Circuit of the Americas, Sunday, 22 October

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

As it happened

• Lando is quick off the start and moves ahead of Leclerc to P1
• Oscar also has a good start, gaining four places, but has contact with Ocon
• Lando continues to lead the Grand Prix and stretches his lead on Leclerc to over two seconds
• Oscar has to retire car on Lap 10 due to a water leak
• Lando boxes for Hards and comes out P4, ahead of Verstappen in P6.
• The pit-stops play out, moving Lando back up into the lead
• Verstappen has a tyre advantage on the Mediums and overtakes Lando.
• Lando pits before Verstappen to Hards and comes out P6
• Verstappen pits one lap later and comes out just ahead of Lando
• The second round of pit-stops shake out and Norris moves up to P2 behind Verstappen
• Hamilton catches and passes Lando on Lap 49
• After a hard-fought battle, Lando finishes his 100th race in P3 but is promoted to P2 after Hamilton is disqualified

Started	2nd
Finished	2nd
Fastest lap	1m39.985s on lap 39 (+1.846s, 8th)
Pit-stops	2, lap 17 [Medium/Hard] (2.8s) and 2, lap 34 [Hard/Hard] (2.8s)

“It was great to be leading the race at the start. I could control the race a lot but it just wasn’t enough today. However, I’m happy, it was a good race from my side. We knew what was going to be difficult today, which was the degradation, but the pace over the first ten laps of every stint was strong. We’re getting there. We’re making progress every weekend, just a few more steps needed. To finish on the podium here was better than we were expecting, coming into the weekend. So overall, very happy."

Started	10th
Finished	DNF
Fastest lap	1m42.705s on lap 5 (+4.566s, 19th)
Pit-stops	0

“It’s a shame to have had to retire the car after only 10 laps. We had a good start and made up a few places but had a water leak that unfortunately ended our race. It’s not been the easiest weekend, but there’s been a lot of learnings. We took a step forward from yesterday and did improve but not to the level I want to be at. These are character building weekends that are very important in my first season, so we’ll take from it what we can and bounce back in Mexico next week.”

“Another strong result for McLaren, which makes it four podiums in a row. It came in a race where we tried to go for the victory. We pushed hard with Lando and potentially paid a price in terms of consistency in the stints, but this doesn’t change the final result. It’s encouraging to be competitive in a track that we didn’t expect to suit our package.

“It’s a real shame what happened on Oscar’s side, because we could have finished with really strong points. Unfortunately, his race ended after making contact on Lap One, damaging the cooling system and causing the engine to overheat. Before that he’d made great progress through the field. Up to that point, despite damage to the car, the pace today was much better, so we are pleased with the improvement we have been able to make on Oscar’s side and we will bounce back in Mexico.”