Norris on British GP final lap: Don't mess it up

SILVERSTONE, England -- As Lando Norris closed successful connected location triumph astatine the British Grand Prix, helium had 1 overriding thought successful his head: "Just don't f--- it up."

Norris bushed McLaren teammate and title rival Oscar Piastri to go the 13th British operator to triumph Silverstone's celebrated race.

"Everything I've ever wanted to achieve," Norris said of the triumph aft stepping retired of the car. "Apart from a championship, I deliberation this is arsenic bully arsenic it gets successful presumption of feelings, successful presumption of achievement, being arrogant -- each of it. You know, this is wherever it each started for me, was watching actually, was watching you connected TV galore years ago. And now, thankfully, I've been capable to person my go."

Silverstone had witnessed an affectional location triumph for Lewis Hamilton 12 months ago, but Norris said his feelings had been of "pure happiness," adjacent though his dependable had sounded croaky arsenic helium spoke to his McLaren squad connected the triumph lap.

Asked if helium had shed a teardrop aft winning, Norris said: "No tears! I tried, but no. I don't know. When I get emotional, I don't cry, I conscionable smile. It's axenic happiness. It's axenic enjoyment of the infinitesimal that you're in.

"I privation I could outcry due to the fact that I deliberation it looks amended for pictures sometimes. But no, I conscionable grin instead."

Norris had taken the pb aft the past circular of pit-stops, with Piastri forced to service a 10-second punishment aft the stewards deemed helium had driven erratically earlier a Safety Car restart.

Once helium had moved into the lead, Norris' triumph ne'er seemed successful doubt.

Asked what helium was reasoning successful the last laps, Norris said: "I mean, your caput conscionable goes beauteous blank. So everything you mightiness deliberation earlier the race, you forget. I mean, the main happening is ever conscionable don't f--- it up. That's regularisation fig one.

"But the past fewer laps, I was conscionable looking into the crowd. I was conscionable trying to instrumentality it each in, bask the infinitesimal due to the fact that it mightiness ne'er hap again. Hope it does, but these are memories that I'll bring with maine forever. So unthinkable achievement."

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Norris had witnessed the archetypal of Hamilton's grounds 9 British Grand Prix victories successful 2008 arsenic a fan.

The names of different British satellite champions similar Jackie Stewart, Nigel Mansell and Jim Clark are besides connected the celebrated BRDC trophy.

"I've joined a agelong database of beauteous unthinkable winners who person won present successful the past. Most of them are Lewis! But to articulation him and, from a British side, to proceed the reign of the British present is beauteous amazing. And conscionable for the fans.

"The past 2 laps, looking up astatine the fans and seeing them connected their feet and cheering -- these are moments that nary 1 truly gets, nary of you guys get to witness. This is thing that I and precise fewer others, particularly Brits, get to witness.

"It's a precise selfish moment, but it's 1 of the astir special, the astir incredible, due to the fact that it's specified a uncommon happening that idiosyncratic gets to consciousness and to spot and to witness. For me, the champion win."

The triumph moves Norris to wrong 8 points of Piastri successful the title astatine the fractional mode stage, with 12 races remaining successful the season.