Sauber
Marcus Ericsson
“It is obviously a disappointing result after starting the race from P14. The start was ok; then I was able to move up into P11 before the safety car came out. After the re-start I had a decent pace and was able to attack. Then we took a gamble on the strategy-side and went to three stops, which in the end did not work out. During my second stint I got stuck in traffic and, therefore, lost time. Now we need to look into it and bounce back in Malaysia.”
Felipe Nasr
“It was a challenging race. At the start we were a bit unlucky, as one car crashed into the barriers on the side of the grid I started from. I lost two positions because of this incident. Finishing the race in P13 was a good recovery keeping in mind that I started from P16. Overall, the two-stop-strategy paid off, and I think this result was the maximum today. Now I am looking forward to the upcoming race in Malaysia.”
Monisha Kaltenborn, team principal
“Being in P14 and P16 on the grid gave us better starting positions than expected. It was unfortunate that Marcus’ race strategy did not pay off, and this was also because he lost time due to other cars in front of him. Felipe put in a good performance and extracted the maximum from his strategy.”
