- McLaren moved on top of constructors after an impressive Baku points haul.
- Oscar Piastri won the race, marking the team’s fourth victory this season.
- Lando Norris finished in fourth, saying he was “very happy with the result”.
McLaren did well in Baku, with Oscar Piastri claiming a cliffhanger win ahead of pole-sitter Charles Leclerc and team mate Lando Norris finishing in fourth position, especially after McLaren gave Norris their preferred backing if they were to compete for titles this season.
The result rounded off the amazingly successful weekend for the constructor that is currently on top of the constructors’ standings.
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Fourth Win of the Season
Piastri’s victory brought the team’s fourth win of the season, a result that Norris commented on, saying he was “very happy with the result not just for myself, but for Oscar”.
Norris explained another win for his team mate was
Amazing so I’m very happy for him and therefore the whole team, because a win is always an amazing thing
He went further to say that a win along with a fourth victory for the season was
Even better from where we started and it was not what we were expecting today so a good points haul.
Norris added that he could “be happier if there wasn’t a yellow flag yesterday”.
The 24-year-old referred to what had occurred in the qualifying race where he was knocked out in Q1 because of slowing for yellow flags, starting from P15 on the grid which turned out to be quite the challenge which he seemed to relish as he was seen flying through the field with an extended stint on hard tyres.
While everyone thought Norris would cross the line in sixth position, the crash between Sergio Perez and Carlos Sainz on the penultimate lap propelled him to fourth place.
He managed to go from P15 to finishing only five seconds away from the podium.
“Outscored Red Bull Again”
Norris explained that outsourcing Red Bull was exactly what they wanted to do and their “very strong race” and “amazing” car gave them “a lot of confidence going into the next few races”.
To catch Red Bull, to be outscoring them, to be out-pacing them, and to be the top team in Formula 1 is something we should all be very proud of.
There are seven more rounds this Formula 1 season, and McLaren is currently 20 points ahead of Red Bull in the heated fight for the constructors’ title.
For the first time since 2014, the British constructor is in the lead in the heated battle for the title, 20 points ahead of Red Bull,
Norris, who also took the opportunity to reflect on MacLaren’s improvement over the year since the driver finished 48s behind the race winner in the opening event in Bahrain, gave all the credit to the team and only took “a small part of it”.