Haas
Ollie Bearman
“Honestly, we had more pace in the car today than it looked, but with the strategy we got stuck in traffic with other people starting on the hard tire. In a DRS train it’s really hard to overtake, so we had a lot more pace and once I got into free air, we had that, but I spent the race stuck. There could’ve been a bit more today, but I’m happy the team scored points in their 200th race.”
Esteban Ocon
“I’m pleased with all the work the team has done this weekend; we maximized our potential because it wasn’t clear-cut that our strategy was going to be better before the race, but it paid off to take the risk today. We managed to deliver a solid race, achieve good laps in clear air which was important, so we overcut quite a lot of cars, and then we brought the car home. It’s a good reward for the team to get something out of our 200th race, and to seize the opportunity as they don’t come every day.”
Ayao Komatsu, Team Principal
“Overall, it was a good result for the team today to score P9 with Esteban coming from P14. We decided to split strategy between Ollie and Esteban, and what Ollie faced today – starting on mediums and getting stuck behind hard starters – was one scenario that could happen, so that was the case and it didn’t work for him. Esteban’s strategy, which was actually slower on paper, was great. I think both drivers drove very well today; Ollie was frustrated behind traffic but he clearly had the speed, and Esteban’s tire management was perfect and he didn’t make any mistakes. We showed that we have strong race pace, but next race we need to put it all together from FP1 and qualify well.”
