Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Saturday, 9 March

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

As is happened:
• Both drivers hold their positions at the start
• In the opening laps, Oscar makes a move on Alonso for P4
• Stroll goes into the wall which causes a Safety Car to be deployed, during which Oscar boxes for Hards while Lando stays out on the Mediums
• The order shuffles out with Lando in P1 and Oscar in P6
• Lando holds off Verstappen at the re-start but gets passed with DRS a few laps later
• On Lap 18 Perez makes a move on Lando, dropping him down to P3
• Leclerc then also overtakes Lando, dropping him to P4
• Oscar gets stuck behind Hamilton and can't get past until Hamilton pits
• Lando pits on Lap 37 for Softs and is under pressure from Hamilton right up to the final lap but manages to hold him off
• The chequered flag falls with Oscar in P4 and Lando in P8

Started	5th
Finished	4th
Fastest lap	1m32.310s on lap 45 (+0.678s, 10th)
Pit stops	1, lap 7 [Medium/Hard] (3.2s)

“P4! I think that’s definitely the most we could have got out of that race, and we executed it well. It was a bit frustrating being stuck behind Lewis Hamilton for so long, but I think that was the most amount of points we could have got this weekend, so, I’m very happy. I can’t wait to go to Melbourne next for my home race, I'm really looking forward to racing at my local circuit in front of the Aussie fans.”

Started	6th
Finished	8th
Fastest lap	1m31.944s on lap 40 (+0.312s, 4th)
Pit stops	1, lap 37 [Medium/Soft] (4.2s)

“A reasonable race. We tried something with strategy but, in the end, it didn't quite pay off – but it was a good effort and I think it was the right decision at the time as we were covering all options for the team. There was reasonable pace in the car today, so we maybe missed out on a couple of points, but I think we did what we could. We took a little bit of a gamble, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t and today it didn’t, but it could have done! So, I'm still happy. I think today’s pace was pretty strong so there are some good signs there. On to the next one!”

“Another strong result here in Saudi Arabia. Oscar drove very solidly throughout the weekend and today he capitalised on the strong qualifying yesterday, finishing fourth and driving a faultless race, with some close but clean fights.

“With Lando, we decided to split the strategy as a team at the Safety Car, which could have put us in a very rewarding situation in the event of another Safety Car or a Red Flag, which is not infrequent here in Saudi, and so definitely worthwhile taking this opportunity. Unfortunately, there was no further Safety Car or a Red Flag which meant Lando potentially lost a couple of positions compared to where we could have finished. Nonetheless, it was still a strong result and very good driving by Lando.

“We take the positives from the first two races with the knowledge it will be a battle of development throughout the season. We are pleased to be so close to a podium finish and know where we have to keep working and improving the car.”