Team Talk - Sunday in Austin

Williams

Felipe Massa, Williams, United States Grand Prix

Felipe Massa
"It was definitely a good result. It was a good race, and points were always what we were looking to achieve. We lost a few points to Renault, but it was a positive race and I'm happy with the result. Unfortunately, the blue flag took away my opportunity to overtake another car at the end and take eighth instead of ninth, but I'm happy with the race and the job I did. That's the most important thing."

Lance Stroll
"It was okay and a decent race from where we were starting on the grid in 15th, but it is always disappointing to finish 11th with no points. There were a lot of tyre problems and I had to stop twice as I had a lot of degradation, which was a lot more than expected and not ideal. We did gain some positions, unfortunately not enough to get us into the points, but passing the two cars of Grosjean and Vandoorne at the end of the race was quite positive. Now I am looking forward and hoping for a trouble-free weekend as this one proved tricky after what happened in qualifying."

Paddy Lowe, chief technical officer
"I think it was a great race for everyone concerned and especially for the fans. It's a fantastic event that's been put on today which included some new initiatives. Ultimately, we're happy to get ninth and 11th but it's a bit frustrating as I know we could have done better. We ran a contrary strategy to most of the other runners with both cars fitting supersoft tyres to start, with a plan to move on to the ultrasoft tyres for the final stint. In Felipe's case, that worked okay and he drove to plan, making up places in the first stint on the faster tyre. Ultimately, we would have made more places but the DRS of Kvyat and Perez in combination caused too much of a delay. On Lance's side, he had two tough first stints but when we converted to a two-stop, he made up good places at the end to finish a very worthy 11th."

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