Team Talk - Sunday at Silverstone

Haas F1 Team

Nikita Mazepin (RUS) Haas F1 Team VF-21. 18.07.2021. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 10, British Grand Prix, Silverstone
Nikita Mazepin
"It was tough – very hot! The weekend has been positive. I was very happy with the balance that we managed to extract out of the car, but we were slow compared to other teams – we were not able to fight anybody today. We obviously weren't able to change the car as much as other weekends, but I think we found a very good set-up early on in the weekend, which perhaps wasn't ultimately the best thing in qualifying but then worked quite well on a track that was degrading like this. I had to push very hard in the beginning to try and get in front because you know that this track is difficult to overtake on, and I used a lot of my tyres but then I put in probably my best overtake in the last three years."

Mick Schumacher
"It wasn't easy. Unfortunately, we were struggling with tyres and the approach that we had. We were trying not to overheat the tyres over the first few laps, and it seems like Nikita was pushing a bit harder in the first few laps and still managed to keep his tyres in the window. I will have to analyze how as there was a lot of margin for me to go faster. We will have to learn from it and try and get back stronger in Budapest."

Guenther Steiner, team principal
"It was a good race today for us. We finished not where we want to finish but both guys were fighting hard and clean - this is a part of the learning and we want to take this forward. We had good starts. There was a lot of drama at the beginning of the race, and we went through that very calmly and they both delivered. At the moment, this is what is possible. They both fought hard but clean and that's the most important thing for me."