Haas
Oliver Bearman, 14th
“I lost 40 seconds out there, so it was a long afternoon, but the car was really fast, I was flying and able to catch up, and I could see the points 10 seconds ahead of me. The positive thing is that if we had made the right choice at the start with tyres, we could’ve been fighting for points today. I hope that Singapore is a track that suits us more. I think the weather today helped us, being a bit cooler, but Singapore being a night race with a smooth track, those things should hopefully mean for a better weekend.”
Esteban Ocon, 15th
“We had an amazing start to the race, running in P6. Of course, we were not going to stay there, but we looked good for points. As soon as we made the stop, we started going backwards, so we need to look into a few things. It’s not the way we should end that race, and I’m sad for everyone who has done a good job on the car this weekend, but there are some choices we could’ve made differently. Potentially we could’ve kept fighting the Racing Bulls, where we should’ve been, but that’s not where we’ve finished.”
Ayao Komatsu, Team Principal
“What an eventful race. Firstly, conditions were very tricky, so we decided to split the risk. I regret that decision – to not split the strategy, that was the right thing to do, but we really should’ve then boxed Ollie as soon as we realised how much lap time he was going to lose. We thought the track was going to dry a lot quicker, and that wasn’t the case. The positives are that Esteban’s pace on the first stint on inters was very strong, and also the first stint on soft tyres against Racing Bulls on hard were very strong. Unfortunately, on pit entry he went wide and our pit stop wasn’t the best, so we lost position to one of the Racing Bulls and then pushed the new tyres too hard, and from there, Esteban’s race got destroyed. It was a very challenging race, there were some positives – and areas where we were strong, but we need to take this as an opportunity to improve overall and focus for Singapore to get back into contention.”
