Haas F1 Team
Nico Hulkenberg
"I think tyre degradation was high and also car pace wasn't good enough to challenge for points. We'll reset, regroup and we have three weeks to refresh and hopefully come back stronger in Zandvoort. I'm disappointed after a day like today, but I'm first and foremost still very happy to be back, enjoying myself and having a good time in the car. Working and pushing the team and having battles on-track, the positives still outweigh a difficult Sunday, but we need and want some performance in the car."
Kevin Magnussen
"I felt there was a little more to fight for this race, I had a bit more competitiveness. We still have way more degradation than everyone else, which I think is the main differentiator today. Pace-wise at the beginning of the stints it felt like we could fight for the top 10 but didn't have the degradation to keep fighting to the end. I think we're getting a good understanding of what we need to do and I'm looking forward to the second half of the year, looking forward to some upgrades, and making some changes to the car. Hopefully we can get back in the game, we're still P8 in the Constructors' Championship and that's our aim as a team to gain another position from last year. We've got everything to play for."
Guenther Steiner, team principal
"The team got the best out of what was possible from our car, and both fought hard. In the end, we came short on our issue of tyre life, so we fell back in the middle of the race. We couldn't fight with the others and if we go into overtime with our tyres, we just get slower, and that's what happened again. We know our deficit, we're working on it and hopefully we can resolve it fast but all in all, the team did a good job. For Nico to change his car around, it was all executed very well. Now we go on summer break, and hopefully come back stronger."
