Ferrari
Charles Leclerc
"We're not particularly happy with P3 today after having started second, but we were just not fast enough. The first stint was really good on the Soft compound. I was quite confident, but on the Mediums things became more tricky, especially with Mercedes being so strong on the Hards. We were unlucky with the Virtual Safety Car, but I don't think it would have changed much for us. Our competitors seem to have improved their pace, especially in the race, and this is something we will be focusing on going forward. We're off to Monza next. Although, on paper, it doesn't look like it will be the strongest race for us, we're always extremely motivated going there. It's our home race and I can't wait to see our tifosi again."
Carlos Sainz
"Today we had a very tough race and things just didn't go our way. The set-up we went for didn't work as expected and after picking up some damage at the start with Hamilton we lacked a bit of pace overall. Obviously, the late call for the first pit stop cost us a lot of race time and afterwards I got the penalty for an unsafe release, even though there was nothing else I could have done in that situation as I was trying to avoid hitting a McLaren mechanic in front of me. A tough one, but we'll now focus on the next race at home in Monza."
Mattia Binotto, Team Principal
"We cannot be satisfied with our race today. After performing well in qualifying, the car did not have the pace to win and unfortunately, that's not the first time in recent races. We have to analyse everything in great detail, because the difference in performance between qualifying and the race demonstrates that we did not manage to exploit all the potential in the car. Now we go to Monza where we can expect a warm welcome from our tifosi. We know we can always count on their support and it will be great to finally see the grandstands at the Autodromo packed out, after the limitation on spectator numbers last year because of Covid. We will do our utmost to make our supporters proud of us, even if we already know it won't be an easy race, given the performance level of our competitors."
