Lando Norris: The weekend turned out perfectly!

      Lando Norris completed a perfect Brazilian weekend with victory at the São Paulo Grand Prix, scoring the maximum possible points and extending his championship lead to 24 points. His McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri finished fifth, although he could have reached the podium if not for a 10-second penalty for an incident with Kimi Antonelli at Turn 1.

      Lando Norris (1st): "A bit tired because I was attacking the whole way, but the race was just brilliant! Winning in Brazil is just so great! The track here is fantastic, the fans are amazing, and I dedicate this victory to Gilles de Ferran, one of my mentors, who passed away about two years ago. Overall the weekend was perfect, and I dedicate this success to him — I have no doubt he would be very proud of us. Things are going well for us right now, and I don't pay any attention to all the nonsense being said about us. I'm just fully focused on my own work, and the McLaren team is doing a great job and has given me such a great car. We go all out every weekend, but I also try to help the team off the track. I'm very happy, although success doesn't come easily. To be honest, I don't think we were the fastest today, but I'm glad we managed to see the race through to victory. This is a very important achievement, but since I can see the pace Max Verstappen showed, I regret that we couldn't go faster. That's what I'm thinking about now, but when I meet with the team, first I'll congratulate them, and then we'll work out why we weren't fast enough. There's a long way to go until the end of the championship and the situation can change very quickly, so I intend to think only about my job and keep attacking, not paying attention to anyone."

      Oscar Piastri (5th): "Regarding the incident with Antonelli, I have nothing to regret. I saw a perfectly obvious opportunity to regain a position and I tried to do it. The drivers of the two cars on the outside of the corner braked quite late. Clearly there was a slight lock-up in that corner, but that's because I saw that Kimi wasn't going to leave me any space on the track at all. I can't just disappear, so the decision is what it is. I was simply trying to do everything I could, but the penalty I received was only one of the problems. I also don't think the pace was what I would have liked. Although the second half of the race went more or less okay, I had some difficulties in the first stint. I was just trying to make up ground despite all that, because every weekend I strive to do my job as best as possible."