Team Talk - Sunday in Melbourne

Haas F1 Team

Mick Schumacher (GER) Haas VF-22. 10.04.2022. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 3, Australian Grand Prix, Albert Park, Melbourne
Kevin Magnussen
"It was good fun and a nice track. Disappointed not to get points today but we made a small gamble on the hard tyre as we felt we were faster than our position, which we were, but the safety car came and ruined the strategy. The starting set-up that we had here wasn't good and we were struggling a little bit with tyres on this new tarmac but we were able to turn it around and get much closer to the pack in the race and have pretty decent pace. We were able to turn things around and we'll score points next time."

Mick Schumacher
"It was a very eventful one. Right from the beginning with Carlos coming around and cutting back across the track, I think we got missed by a few meters there, and obviously Yuki under the safety car coming quite close together. I think in terms of pace we were not too far off, it's just unfortunate that there's not a huge amount of passing opportunities here. Lots was learned, some positives, so we've just got to take it away with us and hopefully be better in Imola."

Guenther Steiner, team principal
"It didn't work out as we planned. We always make sure that the safety car is out at the wrong time – but seriously though – sometimes you get lucky and sometimes you get unlucky. The car was strong and the drivers did a good job so we know if we qualify better we can score points, and that is what we keep on trying to do. As I always say, this year we've got a car that can score points, we've just had a difficult weekend. It's one of three which was difficult, here we go again in Imola."