Haas F1 Team
Nico Hulkenberg
"All in all, it was a more positive than negative Sunday for us. We had pretty good competitive pace throughout the race, so that makes me happy. It's encouraging for the next couple of weeks and months. I enjoyed the race, but it was missing a little bit, ultimately, we needed a better qualifying yesterday and to start further ahead to have a chance at points. We need to optimize our qualifying in the next couple of races."
Kevin Magnussen
"Unfortunately, I got that jump start and that's on me of course. I had that impulse and let it go a little bit, so we got the penalty, and we had a slow stop also, so it's just been a tough day. It's not been a great weekend here so hopefully we can do better in Austria."
Ayao Komatsu, team principal
"Overall, I think in terms of performance there's lots of positives, and I think we raced stronger than I anticipated. Of course, P11 is kind of the worst place to finish, just being outside of the points, so that's pretty frustrating. Nico had a good start and Nico's pace in the first stint was strong – he stayed in front of the Red Bull – so that was good. On the second stint with the medium tyre, neither driver was happy, but again Nico's pace was pretty decent, but on the last stint he was on the hard unfortunately because he had a five-second time penalty for speeding. We knew we had to push to catch Ocon, and then create a five-second gap, and that's not great for tyres. Considering all of that, he raced very well and showed the performance of the car – decent but just not good enough. From Kevin's side, because of his starting position, he lost a lot of time in traffic and then when the tyre is on the edge, especially in that second stint, and you get overtaken, it's very difficult. Kevin's third stint was mainly spent in traffic also, and he couldn't maximize the potential of the car."
