Racing Bulls
Isack Hadjar
“Unfortunately, we had an issue with the car for almost the whole race and that made me lose quite a lot of lap time. We’ll review the reasons why, but I was aware of it whilst I was driving, so I just tried to make the most out of it, doing my best. It was very frustrating, as I felt like the car underneath me was working really well. It’s a shame for the team, as everyone has done an amazing job, and I think it could have been a double-points finish today after Liam’s result. I’m confident going to Budapest, so we’ll bounce back next week."
Liam Lawson
“I really enjoyed today. Often in those conditions you just want to survive, so I'm very happy for the team and how everything came together. It's always tricky when you cross over to a dry tyre when it's damp, but the car was fast and in clean air we had great pace. A lot of work goes into little details each weekend when the Championship is this tight, so now we need to keep the momentum rolling forward and make sure we enter the summer break on a high.”
Alan Permane – Team Principal
“First of all, we have to apologise to Isack, he had a problem with his car that we could see from around lap 8, causing him a loss of straight-line speed and costing him a lot of time over the course of the race. It’s a shame because he had a great car all weekend and great pace so if it wasn’t for that, I’m sure it would have been a very different result. Liam had a near-perfect race, he managed his tyres exceptionally well, both on the intermediates and on the dry tyre. He was strong and able to comfortably pull away from Bortoleto behind and was very happy with the car overall.
“There are only a few days to reflect on this race as we’re quickly onto Budapest with a very different track and a very different downforce level. It’ll be much hotter, and we’ve got different tyres, but we expect our car to perform well there, and we will have our usual target of getting both our cars into Q3 and in the points.”
