Haas F1 Team
Nico Hulkenberg
"I feel a bit disappointed right now. After what was a very difficult weekend, we actually managed to turn around two meaningful sessions. It was looking very promising for a lot of the race but I don't think we got the strategy right, or we might have been too aggressive with the pitstop, but I need to go back and understand more. At the end, Pierre (Gasly) and Fernando (Alonso) had much fresher tyres so I couldn't fight back. It's a shame as maybe a point or two would've been possible today but overall it was a good recovery from what was a difficult weekend."
Kevin Magnussen
"Starting from the pit-lane – we knew it was going to be a difficult race – and it was. I think the pace looked decent from where I was although I still need to see the times of everyone, but it felt strong when I was fighting people. I had an off on lap one or two, and that cost me a place, and then I got stuck in traffic after the first stop. I don't think we had bad pace and although we haven't come away with much, the pace felt decent – not great, but not bad. Hopefully the next races with more medium downforce levels are going to be good for us."
Ayao Komatsu, team principal
"Nico had a very good race, of course, he started the weekend off the backfoot which translated into poor qualifying position but from P12 he had a very strong race. We didn't execute our strategy very well, we didn't do certain basics well and I think we could've fought for P9 or P10 if we'd had better race execution. On Kevin's side, we had to change his battery so he started from the pit-lane. At this circuit, it's very difficult to recover but I think we did the best we could. With the traffic and our car's strengths and weaknesses in certain places, he couldn't do a lot so he was limited. There are certain positives, like Nico's performance was very strong and I think Kevin in clear air was strong as well, so there are positives, but we need to put it all together next weekend."
