In the present day’s press convention with Lewis Hamilton, Sergio Perez, Esteban Ocon, George Russell and Lando Norris.
Why do not we come to Method 1’s most up-to-date winner, George Russell. Second victory within the bag. What was essentially the most satisfying side of your win in Austria final weekend?George Russell: Yeah it was. It is all the time nice to be again on the highest step and clearly there’s been a lot arduous work from the entire group to enhance the automobile and get us in a able to do this. I mentioned afterwards I felt like we must always have gained the race in Montral and ended up P3 and on the weekend in all probability ought to have. Effectively we must always have completed P3 and we gained the race and that is how racing goes typically however It is so nice. We now have a chance to be preventing the entrance, preventing for podiums, and able to capitalise when issues occur.
What likelihood are there of issues occurring this weekend at Silverstone?GR: You have to ask this man [Lando] if there’s a lot going to occur. However I believe it will be a superb struggle once more this weekend. I believe Lando and Max are in all probability going to be the 2 guys out in entrance. They appear actually quick within the high-speed corners the final couple of races. And, in fact, right here in Silverstone, there’s loads of high-speed sections. So I count on these guys to be the favourites. However I do not assume we’ll be far behind.
Alright, George, thanks. Lando, let’s come to you. We’ll throw it again earlier than we come on to the British Grand Prix. Once you look again at what occurred with Max in Austria, what did you be taught?Lando Norris: I imply, we have gone over issues a number of instances. I realized many issues. I believe loads of stuff I used to be anticipating, I knew about, nevertheless it’s nonetheless a unique. You are preventing towards totally different individuals, you are preventing in several methods on the prime, in comparison with if you’re a bit additional again, like we now have completed the final yr or so, however on the similar time, Max has a really totally different means of racing in comparison with loads of others. And that is among the causes of why he is a champion. However all in all, yeah, I reviewed it and I am excited to go once more this weekend and attempt to do a greater job.
You say Max races in another way. What does he do in another way?LN: Entering into the small print. I believe it is clear. It isn’t stuff I would like to speak about. It is clear how he races. It is robust. It is on the restrict. And yeah, I believe it is what we love. You realize, it is what I like. I completely loved the entire struggle I had with him. After all, it was a disgrace issues ended the best way they did. However other than that, issues are clear from what you see on TV. And I believe I am excited to go race him once more this weekend.
Have you ever and Max spoken since Sunday?LN: Yeah, we did.
Did he apologise?LN: Truthfully, I do not assume he wanted to apologise. I believe among the issues I mentioned within the pen after the race had been simply extra simply because I used to be pissed off on the time. Quite a lot of adrenaline, loads of simply feelings. And I in all probability mentioned some issues I did not essentially imagine in, particularly in a while within the week. It was robust. It was a fairly pathetic incident when it comes to what ended each our races. It wasn’t like a success, it wasn’t like an apparent little bit of contact. It was in all probability one of many smallest bits of contact you might have, however with a fairly horrible consequence for each of us, particularly for myself. He did not would not must… I do not count on an apology from him. I do not assume he ought to apologise. I believed it was as a assessment, good racing. At instances, possibly very near the sting however like we mentioned we have spoken about it we have talked about it and we’re each blissful to go racing once more.
Alright. simply closing one for me rapidly how assured are you coming into the British Grand Prix?LN: I imply, we’re in good kind. We have been, once more, very shut the previous few races, however Mercedes have been getting nearer and nearer. Should you look again to final weekend, Mercedes had been extraordinarily fast, if not one of many quickest vehicles within the race. They’ve taken in all probability a number of steps ahead since the place they had been. We’re in a superb place, however so are Crimson Bull. So, yeah, anticipating an in depth battle between many people.
Alright. Good luck this weekend. Thanks. Lewis, can I come to you now? You’ve got had many shut battles with Max Verstappen. What did you make of what occurred between Lando and him final weekend in Austria?Lewis Hamilton: Nothing, actually. I did not assume something of it. I used to be extra involved about my race and having fun with the group’s win.
Effectively, you’ve got advised us up to now that you simply deal with Max in another way on observe. So what recommendation may you give to Lando about going wheel to wheel with Max?LH: Once more, I do not assume I must. They’ve raced one another for a few years.
You are not going to be drawn on this, are you?LH: That is nothing to do with me.
Alright, effectively, let’s convey it on to this weekend, then, Lewis. You are going for a file ninth win right here at Silverstone. Have you ever bought the automobile to do this?LH: I believe out of pure efficiency, I do not assume we’re presently in the identical place. Naturally, as you’ve got seen within the final couple of races, on these high-speed circuits, notably McLaren, I believe in all probability is likely to be the quickest, or not less than Max possibly. And I believe we’re not that far behind. And I believe we have undoubtedly seen some actually big strides ahead. And it is actually nice to see that we’re slowly eking nearer to the entrance runners.
Alright. Effectively, better of luck to you. I am positive there will be extra questions from the ground in a second. Checo, let’s come to you rapidly. Look, Austria was a troublesome one for you. Do you perceive the problems that you simply had been having together with your automobile?Sergio Perez: Yeah, it was fairly a troublesome weekend general, particularly the race, with the harm we had within the automobile since lap one, actually. Principally, we had been simply out of rivalry. There was nothing with these small margins that we have seen. It was only a bit an excessive amount of the harm and we had been simply going backwards.
Now, on paper, the quick sweeps of Silverstone ought to swimsuit the RB20. How a lot confidence do you and the group have?SP: Yeah, I believe it must be a robust, sturdy weekend for us. We’re wanting ahead to this kind of high-speed content material and Silverstone all the time throws a large problem, you realize, with the wind. It may be notably very difficult. So, yeah, I believe it will be all very shut as it has been the previous few weekends already in several circuits. So I do not count on something totally different. I believe it will be every thing tremendous tight and shut.
Alright, look, better of luck to you. And Esteban, let’s come to you. Now, speaking of efficiency, Alpine went very effectively at Barcelona a number of races again. That is a quick observe. This can be a quick observe. So are you feeling assured coming to Silverstone which you could get again within the factors?Esteban Ocon: Yeah, I believe we’re enhancing in the mean time, which is an effective signal. In Barcelona we managed to get into the highest 10, qualify within the prime 10 as effectively in Austria. Sadly, the race did not go as deliberate. I simply misplaced a element of the automobile on the kerbs, which made us lose numerous efficiency. However aside from that, the weekend was effectively optimised till then, till the race was an outlier. However, yeah, it is far more attention-grabbing now that we’re in a position to be preventing for factors and attention-grabbing outcomes in comparison with the way it was to start with of the season. So, yeah, wanting ahead to see what we will do right here. It may be an thrilling one. It is all the time nice to drive these vehicles round Silverstone and, yeah, I can not wait to be began.
Look, you talked about the beginning of the season. Simply how totally different is the automobile to drive now in comparison with again in Bahrain?EO: It may be disappointing to say, however not very totally different. We’re nonetheless investigating why it is a lot better in the mean time than it was at the start of the yr. I believe loads of it’s also observe traits that helped us to be performing higher, nevertheless it’s not fairly clear precisely on why we’re performing higher than at the start of the yr.
Last one from me. The jigsaw for 2025, the driving force jigsaw, is edging nearer to being finalised. What’s your state of affairs? When do you count on information as to what you may be doing subsequent yr?EO: Yeah, it is going effectively in the mean time on that facet for me. So I hope within the subsequent couple of races I am going to have the ability to converse extra about it.
Earlier than the summer time break?EO: Hopefully.
Questions From The Flooring
(Craig Slater – Sky Sports activities) Can I take it from the way you’re speaking that in future with Max, you are going to must discover a totally different method to race Max as a result of he is not going to race any in another way. And simply to develop on that, earlier than the contact occurred, you talked about motion beneath braking from him.Having reviewed these laps, do you continue to assume that is what was occurring and are you stunned that the stewards did not intervene on that?LN: I imply, I believe it was nonetheless very clear that it was occurring, however yeah, it is a difficult one. You realize, Max is not going to wish to crash. He isn’t going to wish to break his personal race and his personal probabilities. So I believe, sure, there are undoubtedly issues I must do barely in another way. However ultimately of it, I do not assume he’ll change an excessive amount of. I do not assume I would like to alter an excessive amount of. So, yeah, may we now have prevented the crash? Positively, as a result of it is one thing I may have completed. I simply may have used extra kerb. However, yeah, there’s issues on either side that I am positive we needed to do higher or in a barely totally different means, however on the entire, I believe avoiding an incident from shifting beneath braking might be the most important a part of it. There may very simply be an incident that comes from such a factor, and I believe that is the one factor we now have to be very cautious of is one thing that might occur. Yeah, in order that’s simply one thing for the longer term and one thing that the stewards FIA want to pay attention to. that one thing may simply go mistaken. So I believe to a sure level, you are defending, you are being aggressive, and that is okay. However there might be a degree when there’s a restrict, and I believe that simply must be outlined in a barely higher means.
