1. Lando Norris (McLaren), 2. Oscar Piastri (McLaren), 3. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
TRACK INTERVIEWS
(Carried out by Romain Grosjean)
Q: Lewis, I knew you had been an unimaginable driver, however you are additionally a tremendous weatherman. I bear in mind some years in Silverstone you’d modified the tyres on the proper time, and at present you do it once more. So, after which they transfer on. Max, improbable. How was it?
LEWIS HAMILTON: The way you doing, Miami? The gang’s been so nice at present. Oh man, I am so proud of that. You realize, it has been a troublesome 12 months to this point, however to have… You realize, I by no means thought it was going to rain in Miami. It was the primary time they’ve all been on observe within the moist right here. And what a race it supplied us. So, huge thanks everyone.
Q: And that have to be making you are feeling good for qualifying in a few hours. Now you’ve acquired the automobile beneath and also you perceive find out how to go quick.
LH: I actually, actually did battle on the Inters. I feel everybody was struggling on them and I simply—I made that decision on the finish. I used to be like, I am coming in as a result of I used to be not—I wasn’t going nowhere. So take the chance, take the gamble, and it paid off. Want we had one other couple of laps to offer these guys a little bit of a combat, however, you realize—however congrats to McLaren as all the time.
Q: Oscar, I assumed you had the job carried out at first. You probably did a improbable begin, acquired it beneath management, observe dried, you are available, first of the McLarens, and Pete and also you had been going to attain some good factors, get the win at present. You continue to acquired superb factors. However then I assume a bit unfortunate was the time of the Security Automotive.
OSCAR PIASTRI: Yeah, positively. I really feel like I did just about the whole lot proper there. So yeah, clearly a bit disenchanted to come back away with second, however that is the way it goes typically. Sadly, racing’s a fairly merciless enterprise. So yeah, hopefully meaning I acquired a little bit of luck for this afternoon and tomorrow. However no, one other nice begin and needed to get my elbows out on that one, so proud of what I did.
Q: And you are feeling good for this afternoon, automobile feels good, the automobile is quick. So ought to be one other shot at tomorrow to get one other win?
OP: Yeah, positively. I feel we had a little bit little bit of tempo on the desk in Dash qualifying yesterday and hopefully we are able to use that for quali this afternoon. Can be good if the climate might make up its thoughts, however, you realize, been having fun with it. And yeah, I feel we have a fast automobile beneath, so we’ll try to make it even faster and have a little bit of a better race tomorrow.
Q: Lando, it’s a must to inform me the way you do it with Security Automotive right here. You appear to have… You realize, it is not Vegas, however you may have the great temper in Miami. It is a good metropolis for you. Congrats. race. You had been having improbable tempo in the direction of the tip of the Inters. After which I assume you thought you weren’t going to be the one which had the perfect technique, but it surely turned out to be the one.
LANDO NORRIS: Yeah, I imply, my luck in Miami appears fairly good on the minute, so I am completely happy. However you realize, the tempo was nonetheless superb. It is all the time simply troublesome, these races. You by no means know when to field. You field early—you realize, it paid off for Lewis and he had a very good technique—or do you keep out later and possibly get the Security Automotive, you realize? So it’s labored two years in a row. I in all probability would like if this occurred tomorrow moderately than at present, however I’ll take it. I’m completely happy. Good job by the staff, so yeah, it was good enjoyable.
Q: Yeah, improbable job by you, by the staff. I assume you are feeling tremendous assured going into qualifying, having one other shot at getting pole and hopefully tomorrow one other win in Miami?
LN: That’s the plan. Yeah, that’s the plan. However it’s tough. You realize, there’s quite a lot of fast guys on the market and I felt good yesterday, to be trustworthy. A pair little errors, however I’m able to go once more. So excited.
PRESS CONFERENCE
Q: Lando, very effectively carried out to you. Nice race. Once more, like final 12 months, the Security Automotive labored for you. In truth, all of it labored very properly for you at present.
LN: It was a very good race. I imply, the whole lot went to plan, you realize. Each had a very good begin and acquired into first and second, which was a pleasant factor. After which, yeah, it was these circumstances that we have had a number of occasions this 12 months already, the place it is Inters, drying out. However I had good tempo all through. I managed issues effectively. I had primarily good tempo on the finish of the stint. And clearly, then it dried out sufficient to go onto the slicks. I needed to field a lap later. I in all probability needed to field the lap Oscar did, however I used to be unable to do this. So simply getting compelled to remain out helped me get the win.
Q: Did you consider double stacking and coming in the identical lap as Oscar?
LN: No, I used to be too shut. I’d have misplaced out to the others.
Q: And also you simply talked about that you simply had been very fast on the finish of the Intermediate stint. Simply discuss us by that a little bit bit. You took a piece of trip of Oscar.
LN: I do not know what I will say. It was simply the tyres had been degrading rather a lot the previous few laps. It was just about dry for essentially the most half, aside from the chicane part. However I feel I simply stored my tyres in a possibly barely higher situation and nonetheless had good tempo. Clearly, then I needed to do yet one more lap the place I might push within the clear air and it was a powerful lap once more. So, no, simply good administration, good tempo all through. The automobile was feeling superb, so I used to be completely happy.
Q: And let’s throw it ahead now. How completely happy have you ever been with the automobile to this point this weekend? Many adjustments forward of qualifying later?
LN: In all probability not. I imply, I feel I have been fairly proud of the automobile all weekend. We put it down in a very good place. No, excited. I used to be completely happy yesterday with the P3. It was shut between lots of people. So yeah, happy with that. Clearly proud of at present and assured for later at present.
Q: Oscar, let’s come to you now. Nice job as effectively. Unfortunate with the timing of the Security Automotive. Simply discuss us by your resolution to pit once you did.
OP: I waited for it to dry up after which put dry tyres on. It was just about so simple as that. I used to be tempted to go the lap earlier than, however we had been going to come back out in a bunch of visitors and with one dry line, that’s not a really good place to be in. So we went a lap later as a result of, I imply, we had been miles forward of the automobiles behind, so we did not actually need to threat it. And yeah, it was clearly the proper time for slicks. You realize, simply the timing of the Security Automotive was not in our favour, however there’s not a lot we might have carried out.
Q: Did you consider going to the tip of the race on the Intermediate tyre?
OP: No. Even the lap I pitted, I used to be greater than able to. Once more, with out the visitors the lap earlier than, I used to be very snug to pit one lap sooner than we did. So to try to do one other 5, six laps on an Inter – you’ll have had slicks by the tip, however not since you pitted, as a result of your Inters had been fully destroyed.
Q: And discuss us by, in case you might, simply the run to Flip 1 at first, alongside Kimi Antonelli.
OP: Yeah, I had a very good begin. Clearly acquired alongside. I feel we in all probability each braked a little bit bit later than we must always have. And yeah, I imply, there was a little bit of contact, however I pulled it up nonetheless fairly comfortably. And yep, I feel with that transfer, it could have received me the Dash if there was no Security Automotive, so I feel it was a very good first lap.
Q: OK. And proud of the efficiency of the automobile? Are you going to make any adjustments between now and quali?
OP: I have been proud of it, sure. I feel there was a bit left on the desk yesterday in Dash quali, so I will try to tidy that up. However yeah, the automobile’s been performing effectively. I feel even within the moist circumstances at present, it appeared quick. So I do not suppose we’ll reinvent the wheel, however in fact we’ll try to discover a little bit bit extra time if we are able to.
