McLaren
Stoffel Vandoorne: “After a difficult morning with the wet weather, it was good to get out on track this afternoon and get a decent amount of laps in. It was still difficult with the conditions and the track was quite greasy, but I felt very at ease with the car from the beginning and got up to speed pretty quickly, which was positive.
“It’s been a trouble-free day for us, and we’ve completed good sections of the test programme. It was busy for me behind the wheel with a lot of system checks and switch position changes, but, overall, it was a good day with a lot of learning. There’s lots of valuable data to analyse from today and hopefully Fernando will have the chance for a good run and some more useful data to collect tomorrow.”
Dave Redding, Team manager: “The bad weather at the start of the day was frustrating, which meant we had to adapt our test programme slightly to accommodate the lost track time, but the extended running certainly helped. All in all, it was a good day; Stoffel performed admirably in the variable conditions, especially considering it was his first time in MP4-30. Importantly, the car ran reliably throughout the entire session, and with Stoffel’s feedback and the valuable data collected, we can learn a lot from today’s running and continue this momentum into tomorrow’s test.”
