Lando Norris: British GP winner says it’s ‘amazing’ to follow on from Lewis Hamilton as a home Silverstone winner | F1 News
Lando Norris says it is “incredible” to join an “incredible” list of the winners of the British Grand Prix at home and to continue “Reign” from Lewis Hamilton to Silverstone.
The 25-year-old triumphed during his home event for the first time during the exciting humid race on Sunday, leading a one-two McLaren to the house after benefiting from a 10-second penalty to his teammate Oscar Piastri.
Norris became the 13th winner of the British Grand Prix, but the British first other than the world champion seven times Hamilton to triumph at Silverstone since the consecutive victories of David Coulthard for McLaren in 1999 and 2000.
Hamilton’s emotional victory at Silverstone last year was a ninth record for him at the event when he added to his counting after a remarkable sequence of seven victories in eight years from 2014 to 2021.
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Norris smiled at the other in his interview after the race
Norris said: “I joined a long list of fairly incredible winners who have won here in the past.
“Most of them are Lewis! But to join him and, on the one hand British, to continue the reign of the British, it’s quite incredible.
“And just for the fans. The last two laps, looking at the fans and seeing them on their feet and applauding – these are moments that no one gets really, none of you catch. It is something that me and very few others, especially the British, to testify.
“It’s a very selfish moment, but it is one of the most special, the most incredible, because it is such a rare thing that someone feels and to see.”
Norris would probably not have won the race if it was not for the penalized Piastri for suddenly held back after having inherited the control of the security car for a few moments before the resumption of the race at the end of the 21st.
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Take a look at the reason why Pitri received a 10 -second penalty
The resulting 10 seconds penalty, purged in the final of the stands at the stands, allowed Norris to jump Piastri and establish an advance that he would maintain comfortably until the checkered flag.
He admitted that the circumstances stopped the result of his “best” career victory from a driving point of view, but insisted that this did not harm the specialty of the moment.
Norris said: “For me, the best victory, maybe not the best way to win. I’m not going to say it’s my best victory, that’s not true.
“But in terms of what it means to gain here at home, the lack, the desire to do it before my own gallery, my family, my friends, McLaren, his Royal Highness is here, to win in front of all and make amends for last year, which is even more special, very memorable.”
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Highlights of a chaotic British Grand Prix
The high emotions were audible in immediate post-course radio exchanges between Norris and the race engineer Will Joseph, but the Briton said that tears that could be heard did not come from him.
Norris said, “No tears. I tried, but no. I don’t know. When I become emotional, I don’t cry, I just smile.
“It is a pure happiness. It is a pure pleasure of the moment you are. I would like to be able to cry because I think it looks better for the images sometimes.”
“ I would love to continue the momentum ”
The result saw Norris cut Piastri’s advance at the top of the world championship only at eight points, the McLaren pair taking another step for the battle of the title to be a race of two horses while Max Verstappen was left to 69 points from the advance in third row.
It was the first time that Norris, who had earned in Austria seven days earlier, had won consecutive victories during the same season, and he aims to maintain his momentum in the last two races before the summer break in Belgium and Hungary.
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Look at the moment when McLaren refused Piastri a position of exchange with Norris after the Australian judged his penalty of 10 seconds “ unjust ”
Norris said: “I think it’s still just a race at the same time. Obviously, I had a good race last weekend and we had a good battle, and we got closer, and I was looking forward to another good battle.
“I give my credit to Oscar at the same time because he has taken a very good race.
“These are two victories, but they are not easy to do.
“It takes a lot of you, especially when you have a race like today.
“I spent two good weekends and, of course, I would like to continue this momentum, but it always requires more consistency. Two weekends do not mean anything otherwise. And I just need to continue and continue working hard.”
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