Team Talk: Sunday evening in Singapore

Cadillac

Sergio Perez, 17th

“I think we are in a strong position with the foundations we have today. We are solid operationally, and the team has done a really good job. We can be pleased with that.

“We are still lacking around one to one-and-a-half seconds to be able to compete with the cars ahead, and I think what we really need now is a stronger car underneath us. Everything else has been progressing as expected, and I’m confident we will get there as a team. I’m really looking forward to Austin and Mexico, our two home races. Austin for the team, and Mexico will be particularly special for me, racing in front of my home crowd and reaching 300 Grands Prix. It’s going to be a very special weekend.”

Valtteri Bottas, 19th

“It’s a good thing that we finished with both cars, it’s not really been guaranteed recently so I’ll take that as a positive. We started on the medium tyre which didn’t perform as we expected in the first stint and pushed us back. We are lacking pace generally, especially in the race - that’s the weakness we have and we are investigating what’s behind that. We know we haven’t brought any big upgrades so there’s no magic solution. We just need to keep focusing on the future, especially for next year’s car.”

Marcin Budkowski, Team Principal

“It is the end of a demanding triple-header and a tough weekend for us here in Singapore. We had a few incidents and crashes during the weekend. Both cars finished the race - we were hoping for a bit more attrition and incidents to keep our hopes alive for some points, but it didn’t quite go this way.

“Checo had a very strong first stint on the soft tyre. We were fighting with other cars and playing with the strategy to try gain some positions, but it wasn't sufficient to compensate for our pace deficit. On Valtteri's side, he started on the medium tyre which was a bit worse on pace than expected and detached him from the pack. We finished with both cars so we’ll take that positive and move onwards to the next triple-header very soon.”