Racing Bulls
Isack Hadjar
“That was the race I expected today, starting from the back. I haven’t shown real pace so far this weekend, and our strategy was to go for a long first stint and hope for a safety car. There are a few things we need to understand with the car, we’ve been strong most weekends this year, but we had a ride issue that we need to figure out and make sure it doesn’t happen again. I still had some good battles on track and learned a lot, so there’s plenty of momentum to carry into Mexico.”
Liam Lawson
“I gave the race everything I could but didn’t have the strongest start as I was boxed at Turn 1. That place probably cost us a point, however overall the pace wasn't strong enough today. It's very hard to overtake here and Aston had control of us throughout the race by being both in front and behind. It's frustrating as there have been points available throughout the weekend which we missed out on, but we'll take our learnings into Mexico next weekend."
Alan Permane, Team Principal
“A tough afternoon to finish off what has been a difficult weekend for us all round; we simply didn’t have the pace we’ve had in recent weeks and the pace we expected to have. We will of course spend time analysing where we could have done better and where we went wrong.
“The beauty of F1 is that we’ll be back on track again in 5 days’ time, so we get a chance to put things right quickly. Mexico is a standard weekend format at a track both drivers know well, and we see some of the highest top speeds of the season. It presents a unique challenge where we run the biggest front and rear wings of the season, but due to the high altitude we generate the least downforce of the season. We will work hard on preparation this week and I’m very sure we will get ourselves back into Q3 and back into the points!”
