Haas F1 Team
Nico Hulkenberg
“Turn one was messy; it was all happening very quickly and it didn't go well, but I didn't have any damage so I was able to continue. I had a long stint in traffic and then I was unlucky with the safety car as others got a free stop. At the restart I lost it in a big way, in a high-speed corner, so it wasn't our day. The first half of the weekend went well while the second half didn't. I think the performance in the car isn't bad, but it's close, and others around us have good performance; “so now we need to reset and go again.”
Kevin Magnussen
“I'm super gutted with the safety car coming out, it completely ruined the day for me. It was going well and we had a good beginning to the race, but I just wish that safety car hadn't come out because it really screwed us. There's still one race to go and we'll go into it giving everything.”
Ayao Komatsu, Team Principal
“Today, with Nico coming from P18 it was always going to be difficult, and unfortunately, we didn't get anything. Kevin, from his side, drove well again but we just didn't get the philosophy right. He was unlucky with the safety car, but we could've covered ourselves a bit better than we did today. The good thing is the deficit is only five points and in Abu Dhabi we really need to focus on getting both of our drivers into points-scoring positions. P8, and P9 – that's six points – so it's still all to play for, we need to learn from our mistakes, regroup and focus on doing our best in Abu Dhabi to try and get P6 back.”
