Haas F1 Team
Nico Hulkenberg
"It was a very poor first lap; going into Turn 8 I got a good tow from Daniel Ricciardo so I took the outside line, but he swept across and didn't really leave me space, so we made contact and that took me off a bit. The engine went into anti-stall so that took a while to sort out and I lost a few more positions – more or less that was when the race was looking very difficult. Then the racing incident with Yuki Tsunoda meant I had to come in for a front wing change, plus the penalty I had to serve, you lose so much time – so it was game over. It was very good that Kevin was there and had a strong drive, there is that to take away."
Kevin Magnussen
"I'm happy with our race, but I'm disappointed with the penalty. I made slight contact with Pierre Gasly at Turn 4 and we both missed the corner but there was no damage on either car, it had no consequence, plus we were racing. I'm happy with today's point, the balance and performance in the car, our strategy – we can take that away."
Ayao Komatsu, team principal
"It was great to get one point out of this race, particularly Monza – this low downforce circuit – in previous years we haven't been competitive, so it's proved we're working really well as a team to bring a competitive low downforce package. Also with Kevin fighting so hard after he was told he had a penalty, and then creating a 10-second gap to Fernando Alonso, that was amazing, he was close to Albon as well so it was a good fight. On the flip side, we shouldn't have put Kevin in that position behind Gasly, so again our execution wasn't perfect and that's something we need to improve. Nico's race – that was ruined pretty early on – there was nothing we could do. On the positive side, both drivers said the car was decent, especially the stability so they could push. Post-race Kevin received two penalty points which means a one-race ban and won't be racing in Baku."
