Lance Stroll: “It’s a shame we could not fight for the points today, but we will take advantage of finishing our first race and understand more about these new regulations. Time for the race next weekend in Saudi Arabia. My first impression is that it could be an exciting season of racing because it seems like you can follow cars closer and today I had some great battles with [Alex] Albon et al [Mick] Schumacher. It was a challenge to keep the temperatures cool and also to manage these new tires, but we now have some useful data to work with in the next few days. “
Nico Hulkenberg: “It was interesting again to be in a Formula 1 car for a Grand Prix, especially in such a busy race with many around me. It was not easy to manage the tires and drive with a changed fuel load. The car balance also improved. much changed, and it is not easy to prepare for it until you start the race.We knew that today would probably be the most difficult day in the car for that reason, which proved the case.I think I put together a good race, all things considered, with “only one mistake as I slowed down in Tour One. It was a more challenging race afterwards. I will be on standby when the team needs me again and I hope Sebastian makes a quick return to the race.”
Mike Krack – Team Leader: “Both of our drivers had to lift and coast at different points during today’s race, but they did it competently and we were able to bring both cars to the finish line. A P12 / P17 result is not what we wanted, of course not , but it has always been difficult to achieve a strong finish from our starting places. [the Eifel Grand Prix at Nurburgring], Nico worked well today as well. Our car is currently lacking pace – clearly – but we will try and set up a better show in Saudi Arabia in a few days.
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