Haas
Oliver Bearman, 16th
“Unfortunately, the VSC came at a bad time and I didn’t benefit from it at all – but it’s been a tough weekend, and I only have myself to blame for that. On a positive, this weekend has taught me a lot, maybe more so than a clean, easy, straightforward weekend, as I took a lot from yesterday and won’t repeat that mistake. The car was strong, so whenever I was in clear air, I was right on the pace with our competition, it was just unfortunate that it was rare that I had free air as I was stuck in traffic. That gives me a good outlook heading to Baku, so now we can turn the page, reset and come back stronger.”
Esteban Ocon, 11th
“We’re disappointed as we deserve much more, we deserved to be in the points today. The plan was to get both Audis at the start, and we managed to do so, and we knew it would be hard to hold them, but we did so until the stop. At the stop, we lost the position, so we need to see what I could’ve done better, if I could’ve stopped in a better position or what, as I thought it was a decent stop but they must’ve had a better one. We gave it our all out there and I’m proud of everyone, as we came from being out in Q1 and now we’re fighting for points, so it’s positive and encouraging for the rest of the races.”
Ayao Komatsu, Team Principal
“We’re all very disappointed to finish P11, but I think it’s really good that we’re back in the position that we’re all a bit disappointed by that. The car was functioning very well, the drivers drove well, trackside and remote operations were really good, I think we did our best today. We lost out on the pit stop against Audi, but I don’t believe it was our team’s fault, it’s really the equipment that we need to improve to give them a better chance. I’m honestly very happy, it was a huge team effort all around, and the car’s consistency was there, no issues as we’ve had previously, so we need to learn from it. I’m sure Ollie will also come back strong, so it’s been a positive weekend.”
