2023 Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix highlights

Hear from McLaren Formula 1 driver Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri, and Team Principal Andrea Stella after the 2023 Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix.

Lando drops to P5 at the start but fights well at Turn 1 to avoid further dropping. Oscar loses two places, falling to P15. Oscar gains a position to P14 as Lando zeroes in on Hamilton. Lando and Oscar both pit for Hards during a Virtual Safety Car period. Lando returns P6 and Oscar P16. Oscar suffers damage to his front wing and boxes for a fix. He returns in P18. Lando squeezes ahead of Hamilton with a brilliant move for P4. Both drivers box for a second time. Lando gets back out in P7, and Oscar in P18. Lando gains places as those in front of him change their tyres. He passes Gasly and then Sainz for P4. However, the Ferrari driver reclaims the position down the road. The order settles down in the final ten laps, as Lando brings it home in P5, with Oscar in 17th.

Lando Norris

A very good day! I was a little bit surprised we had the race pace that we did, and it was great to be fighting the Ferraris and Red Bulls. More importantly, we beat both the Astons and Mercedes, which was our main goal today. Overall, a good day and good points.

It’s one of those tracks which is easy to get punished on. We kept it on track and didn’t really make any big mistakes, with some good racing at times. The team has done a great job again. Thank you to everyone back in the factory for bringing the upgrade because that definitely got us in the points today. A big cheers to them.

Oscar Piastri

A long afternoon. I picked up some front wing damage in the middle with three cars having their incident in front of me, and I didn’t have anywhere to go, which was unfortunate, and our pace wasn’t great. Anyway, I’m looking forward to the next race. It’s a home race for the team, and I’ve got some new parts on my car, which I’m very much looking forward to. We’ll see what we can do next weekend.

Andrea Stella

It’s been a positive result here in Spielberg. Not just the valuable points from Lando’s P5 but also seeing the MCL60 fighting at the front. That’s good for the team and good for our fans. We know this track is a bit of a ‘Lando-Special’, and he was excellent again today, but certainly, some of this result is down to the upgraded aerodynamic package fitted to his car. It’s been a colossal amount of work at the factory to get this upgrade here and a good effort at the track to get the performance out of it. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the people who made that happen, and I hope they’re enjoying the result because they certainly deserve it.

On Oscar’s side, he fell out of contention after some unfortunate circumstances, but we all appreciate the spirit with which he dug in and pushed hard in a race at the back of the field. It’s characteristic of Oscar – and the whole team – and we’ll take that going to our home race at Silverstone. We’re focused on that now and hoping for a positive result at the British Grand Prix.

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Oscar Piastri, McLaren MCL60

Lando Norris, McLaren MCL60

Lando Norris, McLaren MCL60, makes a pit stop

Lando Norris, McLaren MCL60

Lando Norris, McLaren MCL60, leaves his pit box

Lando Norris, McLaren MCL60, leaves the garage

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