2024 British Grand Prix – Race report “We leave this weekend with a bittersweet taste”
Silverstone Circuit, Sunday, 7 July
Hear from McLaren Formula 1 drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, as well as Team Principal Andrea Stella, after the British Grand Prix.
As it happened:
• A clean start for both drivers, but Lando loses a position on Lap 1 to Verstappen
• The rain arrives, resulting in Lando and Oscar carving their way up the order
• Lando takes the lead, with Oscar following closely in P2
• On Lap 27, Lando boxes for Inters and comes out in P2
• Oscar boxes one lap later, also for Inters, and comes out P6
• Russell has to retire his Mercedes, moving Oscar up to P5
• The rain stops, so both drivers box, Oscar for Mediums and Lando for Softs
• With 10 laps to go, the order shuffles out with Lando P2 and Oscar P4
• Verstappen closes down and passes Lando in the final laps of the race
• Lando crosses the line in P3 and Oscar in P4
Started | 3rd |
Finished | 3rd |
Fastest Lap | 1m29.262s on Lap 43 (+0.969s, 4th) |
Pit stops | 2, Lap 27 [Medium/Intermediate] (2.7s) and Lap 39 [Intermediate/Soft] (4.3s) |
“It was a tough race but very enjoyable. A big congratulations to Lewis Hamilton, he executed his race well, so hats off to him and Mercedes. It was a lot of fun battling these guys in these conditions, and you’re always on a knife-edge when you’re risking a lot. We did many good things this weekend but there are also lots of things to review. This is the place I would love to have everything go perfectly and it just didn't today – but it is still lovely to be on the podium here at Silverstone. We'll come back stronger next race and next year and try again.”
Started | 5th |
Finished | 4th |
Fastest Lap | 1m28.748s on Lap 51 (+0.455, 2nd) |
Pit stops | 2, Lap 28 [Medium/Intermediate] (3.1s) and Lap 38 [Intermediate/Medium] (2.6s) |
“Some good points for the team today but we had some missed opportunities, so it’s hard not to leave a bit frustrated. The call to double stack or to stay out is one of the hardest decisions you can make, and unfortunately, we just got it wrong, however we’ll take it back and review to see what we can learn from it. Outside of that, we made strong decisions today and it’s encouraging to see we have the pace to be at the front. We’ll take a week to reset ahead of the double-header.”
Lando's Silverstone collection
“The race today was intense and we leave this weekend with a bittersweet taste. We knew rain would be a factor at some stage, and several drivers were in contention to win at different points in the afternoon. I think we looked very strong when the rain started to fall, with both drivers moving to the front of the field. We then didn’t capitalise on that, and it looks like a missed opportunity. We’ll review the calls we made - some were good, others could have been better. Once again, it’s important that we’re in contention for podiums and victories, and perhaps today the difference was a matter of small details in the execution. Our pace across this triple-header has been encouraging, and we’re looking forward to future races.”