Haas
Ollie Bearman
“Congratulations first of all to Esteban, I’m really happy the team scored some points today, it’s a really nice feeling after a difficult weekend on my side of the garage. I think we did the maximum we could today as there were no points on the table with the way that the race panned out. The car was fantastic though, especially on Saturday, it was a good strategy today but with a 10-place grid penalty there were no points on offer today.
Esteban Ocon
“I think it’s been a great weekend all around from qualifying to the race – we put everything together when it mattered. It’s six points for the team which is a big thing, so it’s very satisfying. We made a lot of progress, all the way up to qualifying, and we need to take that into account and really investigate how we can get more consistency going forward. Barcelona is a very different circuit, with a lot more downforce bias, and more engine bias – so we’ll see what we can get there next weekend.”
Ayao Komatsu, Team Principal
It's great for the team to get P7 with Esteban. Of course, there were so many scenarios in this race – so starting P8 and finishing P7 was a really good result. With Ollie starting from P20 we had to try something different, and we didn’t quite get it right in terms of execution, but we tried everything. There were cars in front playing certain games so he couldn’t make progress, but at some point, if it wasn’t for the extreme gamesmanship, he would’ve had the chance to get up to P10. I think that’s the best we could’ve done, but Ollie did have the pace this weekend, so he’s learned a lot and it puts him in good stead for next year. The good thing was that the car was quick and drivers had pace, so the next race in Barcelona, it’s a high-downforce circuit with a couple of high-speed corners, I think we’re looking forward to it.”
