Racing Bulls
Isack Hadjar
"It was a frustrating race. I had a pretty good start but then I made a mistake in Turn 6 during the first lap where I lost a few places, and that compromised quite a lot of our race. We had a good strategy overall but I think we just didn’t have enough pace to fight for points today. We only had used Soft tyres and that didn’t help us make the difference when some guys from the back were gaining time on us driving faster on new compounds. Looking back at this weekend, I think there are still some positives to take and to carry on to the last four races of the season.”
Liam Lawson
“We had a really good start and there was a lot of space on the outside in Turn 1, so I filled the gap. A lot of drivers were sliding and I left plenty of space next to Carlos, but then he decided to cut the chicane without looking left. This meant he drove into the side of me and unfortunately it destroyed the side of my car, meaning we had to retire. The speed we've had all weekend has been good, so it's a shame we weren't able to demonstrate that here in Mexico. We'll of course take learnings from this weekend as we head into Brazil in a couple of weeks."
Alan Permane, Team Principal
“A very difficult weekend for us all round here in Mexico. Liam’s race was over before it started, he got a very good launch at the start but was taken out on the exit of Turn 1, costing him a huge amount of damage and resulting in us having to retire the car. With Isack, despite having good pace yesterday, we didn’t have that pace today. We probably should have started on the Soft tyres going onto the Mediums like most of the others but our strategy of starting on the Mediums meant we had to endure a very long first stint, which cost us a lot of time. Ultimately, we didn’t have enough pace and that’s what we need to go away and have a look at.
“We look forward to getting home after these tough couple of races in the Americas, but we’ll be putting our heads down and working hard, making sure we’re putting everything together for the Sprint race in Brazil in a couple of weeks time.”
