Haas F1 Team
Nico Hulkenberg
“I’m happy to get points. There are a few things to look into and review from our side, but otherwise a clean race. It wasn’t very eventful but it was very stressful keeping the Red Bull behind for the whole of the second stint, it was tough to bring it home. We managed to do so, and I’m happy, this is a bit of redemption for last week. We’ve been there or thereabouts many times this season, and it’s not the first time we’ve pulled it off. We put ourselves in a good position yesterday with quali which was another key point. I had a clean start, a clean race, and it’s important that we got those points.”
Kevin Magnussen
“I got a puncture - sometimes you hit a rough spot and it cuts the tyre. We weren’t quick on the hard tyre, we tried to do the opposite strategy and go long and hope for a safety car in the middle window, which didn’t happen. We had to cut it short on the hard compound, and then I got the puncture at the end. We’ve had good pace at recent races and we’re in a good spot with the car. We have an upgrade coming in Austin and we have every race to look forward to for the rest of the season.”
Ayao Komatsu, team principal
“It was great to come away with two points and now scoring points in three consecutive races is very good. The consistency is there, and Nico drove very well today; his second stint had pressure the entire time from a Red Bull and he didn’t make any mistakes and brought the car home in P9. That’s two more points and only three away from RB with six races to go. We also opened up another two-point gap to Williams as well, so mission accomplished.”
