Haas
Ollie Bearman
“We managed to run in P10 for the first stint, but I was really clinging on the whole way. I was really struggling with the feeling of the car, and I had massive oversteer throughout. It progressed in the second stint, picking up some damage somewhere because we saw a big drop in loads, and by that point, it was clear that we couldn’t finish the race. It’s disappointing as we had a decent qualifying and opening lap today, but from there I wasn’t looking forward, I was looking behind. We need to understand why that was the case because in the last few races I’ve been feeling really good in race trim, but this weekend it hasn’t been the case.”
Esteban Ocon
“It was a difficult day for sure. We struggled a little bit, especially towards the end, as I think the cars behind were a bit quicker on fresher tires. We got ahead of them, so we gave ourselves the opportunity. It was a solid start, but we need to work on how we can get the car a little bit more under control and get more pace throughout the race. Looking at this first half of the season, there are definitely some positives – a decent amount of points – but we’re not consistent enough. If you look at Spa, we had a mega performance in the Sprint, and obviously we’re not there every single weekend, but we’re working on it and I have full trust in this team.”
Ayao Komatsu, Team Principal
“We didn’t show what we should be showing today. With how quick the car is, where we should’ve qualified, and the race pace of Bortoleto, there’s no reason we can’t do that. I’m pretty sure Ollie’s car was overbalanced, there’s no way that degradation from Ollie was the limit of the car or driver. We retired Ollie as he damaged the floor at Turn 4 again, it’s the third time this weekend, so we need to look at that also.
"On Esteban’s side, we need to look at our processes as clearly we were too early with our pit stop for a one-stop strategy. The only way is up, the car is quick, and we have two drivers with potential – we’ve just struggled putting it together for the last three races. We need the summer break, refocus, look at ourselves and then think about how we can deliver.”
