The English Lando Norris, who won the Austria Grand Prix on Sunday, the eleventh of the Formula One World Cup, declared in the Red Bull Ring that he is “very happy” with his victory and that he is now already focused on his “favorite weekend of the year”, the next one, “in Silverstone”, host of the Grand Prix of Great Britain.
“I am very happy with the result because a double is the perfect ending for us as a team,” said Norris, 25, achieved his seventh win in F1 -the third of the year -, winning from the ‘pole’ ahead of his partner, the Australian Piastri, who settle for the fast lap and that leads the World Cup with 216 points, fifteen more than him.
“Oscar (Piastri) and I maintained a great battle, which was very fun; and we were able to optimize rhythm of the car and strategy,” said Lando, runner -up of the world the year and that this Sunday achieved his thirty -fifth podium in the queen category, in the same scenario in which the first achieved. In 2020, when he finished third; In a season in which he was a companion of Spanish Carlos Sainz in the Woking team.
“I want to thank the team for the evolutions and for all their work to put ourselves in a place where the car could take off from the rest,” said Bristol’s nice pilot, who has climbed nine times to the podium in the first eleven races of the year.
“Now, for my favorite weekend of the year, the Silverstone,” Norris said after winning this Sunday at the beautiful Austrian circuit.
With EFE information.
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