Silverstone – 52 laps – 5.891km – 18 corners

Starting position: P2
Race result: P2 (Inter -> Inter -> Medium)
Fastest lap: 1m29.337 (lap 51)

After just missing out on the podium with two P4s in ‘23 and ‘24, Oscar takes his first podium at Silverstone.

The weekend through OP’s visor

Quali…

“We’re starting on the front row tomorrow. My first Q3 lap was mega, and I was thinking about how I might go faster, but wasn’t able to put it all together for the second run. It’s been tight all weekend, so it’s going to be close tomorrow, but we’ve got the pace to fight for the win. We’ve tried a lot of things this weekend to find a little more, and the team’s done a very good job to get us to where we are. It’s going to be an exciting race tomorrow.”

The race…

“Today didn’t end how I wanted it to for me but well done to the team on a really successful day. A 1-2 at our home Grand Prix is brilliant and it’s a great chunk of points for us. Whilst it was a frustrating one for me with the penalty, we had a rocket ship of a car, so thank you to the team for all their work which meant we could pull such a gap over the rest of the field. I’ll use the frustration of today to fuel us further at the next weekend, but for now, we can reflect on a great weekend for McLaren.”