Lando Norris

He passed the Mercedes driver on the outside of the right hander at Luffield, closing in on both Red Bull's and Ferrari's battling in front. Watching the fight ...

There was a chance for Norris to move higher up the field after the late safety car. However, the result ensured Norris scored eight critical points, moving the team past Alpha Tauri in the team’s standings. He passed the Mercedes driver on the outside of the right hander at Luffield, closing in on both Red Bull’s and Ferrari’s battling in front.

McLaren driver Lando Norris revealed after the race that he felt as though a fifth place finish was possible at Silverstone.

“It’s scary to watch especially in the middle of a race but shows how good the safety is and hopefully they’re back racing next week.” Naturally, the headline grabbing at Silverstone was done by the huge crash that played out at the start of the race, and the McLaren driver reflected on the incident in the press pen after the chequered flag: The British driver was obviously looking to secure a good result in front of a home crowd and started the race from sixth place.

Lando Norris believes his British Grand Prix qualifying performance proves McLaren can still mix it in the battle for fourth in the constructors'...

It shows at times, the car is still there and has good potential." "There will be tracks we struggle at more, tracks we struggle at less and of course, we are still going to continue to try and improve the car in every way as much as possible within the capabilities we have got. "We are ahead of one of the Mercedes cars - they were quicker anyway and they had a big upgrade package and we are still ahead of one of them and I think only a tenth behind Lewis.

Norris lines up on the third row of the grid alongside Hamilton for Sunday's race, and believes his McLaren has every chance of competing with the Mercedes ...

"Of course, we are still going to continue to try and improve the car in every way as much as possible within the capabilities we have got. "This is a bit more back in line with what we were expecting, in a way, and more in line with Saudi [Arabia] where we were able to perform better and get in the points and so on. "As we said over the past few weekends, when we have been to these bumpier tracks, they are just the sort of places and with characteristics the car doesn't like as much," he added.

Mclaren driver, Lando Norris passes a witty remark for his bud, Carlos Sainz who grabbed his maiden F1 victory at the British GP.

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