Haas F1 Team
Nikita Mazepin
"Unfortunately, it wasn't very busy because at turn two on the opening lap the headrest came off in my car. It was quite a sketchy lap because my headrest lifted and blocked both of my mirrors. I had to ask the team if there was anyone around me, hoping there wasn't because I couldn't know where to turn in or not, and then that's over 25 seconds of race time for an unnecessary pitstop. It made it pretty difficult from there onwards as I was driving on my own and trying to make one pitstop work, but with these temperatures and these tyres, it was just not possible."
Mick Schumacher
"It was fun – I enjoyed it. Overall, we expected worse so we're happy with what we managed to do with the package we had. I had some tight battles, especially at the start and we were right in the mix, and all of those things are preparing me for next year. We were catching up to Latifi in the last few laps and I think with five more laps we probably would've been close enough to make a move. I really enjoy being in the States and the fans are great spectators – I've loved racing in front of them."
Guenther Steiner, team principal
"It was a great event for Formula 1 in Austin - the fans were fantastic. Our race was much of the same as the rest of this year, but we don't give up. The drivers got the cars home safe and we did a lot of learning, and that's the best we can do this year. We have five more to go and we keep working towards 2022."
