Haas
Ollie Bearman
“I’m very happy. I think honestly, we executed a perfect race, that was the best possible result we could’ve achieved, although we had some fortune with cars retiring. We had good pace, a good strategy, and we made some overtakes as well, which actually isn’t fun because it adds a little bit of risk. Mexico was a bit of a surprise, but to keep that momentum going with P6 is a great feeling, and now we have a great opportunity heading into the final three races.”
Esteban Ocon
“I would’ve been much further up today if I had not gotten a puncture in the early laps, and unfortunately, it came as the VSC finished and the race restarted. I was there at the end fighting for a point with a group of drivers, and it was looking good, but unfortunately I was missing a few laps. I felt the progress, we had good pace, but luck wasn’t on our side today.”
Ayao Komatsu, Team Principal
“It’s a great result with Ollie, having very strong race pace. Yesterday’s qualifying was good, but we knew we had even more pace, so obviously our target was to use that in free air. We went for an aggressive two-strop strategy to get Ollie into that free air, and everyone worked so well together to execute that. Ollie drove a fantastic race, it was very pleasing to watch.
“On Esteban’s side, we nearly scored points as well. We had an operational error during the VSC where we picked up a slow puncture, but we should’ve reacted sooner to pit. Unfortunately, Esteban finished P12 but with the pace he had, he could’ve been P7, so it’s a tough lesson for the team to maximize everything. The positive is that overall, the car is very strong since the Austin update.”
