Zak Brown

Brown hails AWESOME unsung hero who has transformed McLaren form

Joe Ellis Thursday 13 July 2023 09:57

Brown hails AWESOME unsung hero who has transformed McLaren form

Zak Brown was perhaps the happiest man in Silverstone after seeing McLaren earn its first podium of the 2023 season.

Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri starred in qualifying with second and third but Norris went one better on the opening lap, getting a better start and taking the lead before Max Verstappen retook it a few laps later before going on to win.

Piastri missed out on a podium due to an untimely safety car from his point of view but he did secure his best-ever F1 finish of fourth, while Norris held off Lewis Hamilton for second.

The result takes McLaren above Alpine into fifth in the constructors' standings and Norris ahead of Esteban Ocon after the Frenchman failed to finish.

Piastri also vaulted up the drivers' standings with 12 points added to his tally but Brown had high praise for his team principal Andrea Stella after the race.

Lando Norris claimed his first Silverstone podium thanks to a stellar defensive drive in the closing laps

Brown: Stella is awesome

“This guy is awesome," Brown said of Stella to Sky Sports.

"The way he inherited what we had at the start of the year, recognized the challenges that we had, put in a technical restructure, promoted people from within, because you know while we’ve made some bigger hires that are joining, they haven’t joined yet.

"So, this is still the work of all the men and women under Andrea’s leadership, and they put their head down."

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