An emotional Lando Norris mentioned he was in dreamland after profitable the British Grand Prix for the primary time.
Norris adopted within the footsteps of Sir Stirling Moss, James Hunt, Sir Jackie Stewart and Lewis Hamilton as he grew to become the thirteenth British driver to triumph at his dwelling race.
The 25-year-old capitalised on Oscar Piastri’s 10-second penalty at a moist Silverstone to take his fourth win of the season to scale back his rival’s lead on the summit of the world standings from 15 factors to eight.
Norris’ celebrations had been briefly halted after a photographer fell off a fence within the pit lane and landed on him. McLaren confirmed that Norris was effective however had suffered a small reduce to his nostril.
“This victory is every little thing I dreamed of,” mentioned Norris. “Being on high at your private home race could be very, very particular.
“From a British perspective, I be part of a protracted record of fairly unimaginable winners – most of them are Lewis (Hamilton has gained the British Grand Prix a report 9 occasions) – so to affix him and proceed the reign of the British at Silverstone is superb.
“Wanting up on the followers and seeing them on their toes, your thoughts simply goes fairly clean. The primary factor is simply don’t f*** it up. I used to be simply attempting to benefit from the second.
“However these are moments that none of you guys get to witness. That is solely one thing that I, and only a few Brits have achieved. It’s a egocentric second, in a method, however so particular and unimaginable as a result of it’s such a uncommon factor to really feel and witness.
“For me, it’s my greatest win, perhaps not the easiest way to win, however when it comes to what it means to me, profitable at dwelling, it is vitally memorable. Aside from profitable a championship, that is nearly as good because it will get.”
Norris was simply eight when Hamilton gained within the moist at Silverstone by greater than a minute after a drive for the ages.
Hamilton, 40, needed to accept fourth on Sunday after he got here up simply brief in his bid to land a primary podium in Ferrari colors.
Norris continued: “Silverstone is the place it began for me – watching Lewis, Jenson (Button), Fernando (Alonso) – and it was that moist race right here in 2008 after I started watching Formulation One.
“Lewis gained and I obtained that image of him going spherical and all of the followers are standing up, creating a tremendous ambiance. I dreamed of that for a lot of, a few years and immediately I obtained to see that by my very own eyes and dwell that second.”
Norris’ voice broke as he celebrated his win over the radio.
“There have been no tears,” insisted Norris with a smile. “I attempted. However after I get emotional I don’t cry, I simply smile and it’s pure happiness. I want I might cry as a result of I believe it seems higher for the photographs!”
Norris’ championship appeared in tatters after he crashed into the again of Piastri in Montreal final month however he has responded with back-to-back wins for the primary time in his profession to breathe new life into his title cost.
He concluded: “I’ve had two good weekends, and naturally I need to proceed the momentum, however that requires consistency and I must preserve working laborious.”
