Lando Norris explains how he held off Lewis Hamilton to complete second in British GP

Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton went wheel to wheel in post-Security Automobile battle for second place; McLaren driver holds off seven-time world champion to complete second in British GP; Hamilton talks about how impressed he was by Norris race craft

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Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton handled the Silverstone crowd to an epic battle, following the protection automotive

Lando Norris says a key set-up determination proved essential in heading off Lewis Hamilton to say second place on the British GP.

The 2 British drivers went wheel to wheel in an exhilarating battle after a Security Automobile restart halfway by means of the race.

Norris discovered himself at an obstacle with Hamilton having pitted for the quickest delicate tyres when the Security Automobile got here out whereas McLaren had put essentially the most sturdy however slower laborious tyres on Norris’ automotive.

However the 23-year-old confirmed magnificent defence over two laps to maintain the Mercedes behind because the pair ensured two Brits had been on the British GP podium for the primary time since 1999.

“It was numerous enjoyable, Lewis was pushing for it,” Norris advised Sky Sports activities F1.

“We had been aspect by aspect for lots of it, we had been very shut across the again.

“I selected a barely decrease downforce [set-up] in comparison with what [team-mate] Oscar [Piastri] was on simply because I believed come a racing scenario being that little bit faster on the straight may save me.

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McLaren’s Norris was in optimistic spirits after ending second in his house race at Silverstone

“And whenever you see that little little bit of pace I’ve on Lewis down the again straight, it saved me.

“I managed to maintain P2 due to that. It is little issues that you just possibly generally do not learn about which you are very glad you made these choices.

“We had been simply extraordinarily fast within the high-speed [corners]. The automotive was on rails within the high-speed and we had been so fast.

“I managed to hole Lewis within the high-speed each time after which the slow-speed corners would come and he’d be again on me.

“If we may simply work on the slow-speed, we have now a automotive that would simply combat for prime 10, prime 5 much more usually.”

Explaining the wheel-to-wheel battle from his aspect, Hamilton stated: “I threw it up the within into Flip Seven [Luffield] within the hope that lastly that was the one, that that is the second I’ll make it occur.

“I pressed the overtake button, [so did Norris] so we’re each happening the highway with overtake however he had much less drag – he stated he had the smaller wing they usually simply began pulling. So I needed to again out.”

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Highlights from the British GP at Silverstone, as Max Verstappen appeared to safe a sixth consecutive race win

Hamilton impressed by Norris’ race craft

Hamilton and Norris’ duel down the outdated pit straight in the direction of Copse nook evoked reminiscences of his 2021 battle with Max Verstappen which led to contact and the Crimson Bull driver crashing into the boundaries.

On Sunday, Hamilton and Norris left one another simply sufficient racing room and the seven-time world champion continues to be impressed by his compatriot’s race craft.

“He’s very gifted, naturally, as you’ll be able to see and I feel it is nice when you’ll be able to have shut battles like that and depend on the driving force that you just’re competing with to be laborious however truthful,” Hamilton stated.

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“And so there was by no means a component or a second the place we thought we had been going to be coming collectively or something like that.

“After which that is what motor racing is all about. As [much as] he needed to carry on to second I needed to get that second. Nevertheless it wasn’t meant to be immediately.

“So we simply get our heads down and hold pushing and hopefully we’ll have some extra battles shifting forwards.”