#(like i think this is the 2nd or 3rd race where kimi was set to dominate but was fucked by the mp4-20's reliabilty issues)

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2005 German Grand Prix - Fernando Alonso & Jenson Button(+ Juan Pablo Montoya)(my personal post-race highlights)

+ Bonus Michael Schumacher

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i was always curious about this picture of nico seemingly upset on the podium and lewis trying(?) to comfort him so I dug up the lore.

here's nico looking gorgeously upset on podium. now let's set the scene:

it's bahrain grand prix 2015, and lewis hamilton has won 3 out of 4 races this season. the other race win? sebastian vettel. you have to realise in 2014, nico took it to the last race he was the clear title contender and now lewis and seb are above him in the standings. everyone's giving him the full checo in 2023 treatment, is rosberg a second driver now is his career OVER!!! brocedes are also beefing in the previous race, china 15

is the rosberg flop era imminent?!

hamilpole, vettel 2nd and nico 3rd in quali. race start and nico gets fucking Punted into p4. everyone thinks it's joever.

nico spends this entire race fighting for his life, battling vettel for p2 and is on his ass, forcing him into mistakes. it isn't until vettel damages his front wing and needs to pit letting nico pass. however! 14 laps to go and kimi has pitted for softs is when nico's breaks start failing. these mercs are fast but they're not reliable. kimi starts gaining a second a lap and with 3 laps to go, he overtakes nico to p2.

on the podium and after, nico is upset even though he's now second in the championship -- overtaking vettel by 1 point.

but you can see the gap to lewis, and it doesn't matter how good a race you have or what issues your car has when you're compared to thee teammate of all time.

toto tried empathy simulator

thanks lewis, very helpful

nico's upset on podium because it is hugely frustrating to earn that p2 and lose it in the final 3 laps. he writes in his column:

the next race in barcelona, nico would go to win the race from pole, his first victory in the 2015 season 🏆

anyways I think of that moment where nico's miserable on the podium and lewis nudges his shoulder like chin up, bud a lot

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i was thinking about the drivers who don’t have a wdc yet and are most likely to win one in the next 5 years with their current team and this is what i came up with re - their chances:

1. charles - i think his best chance to win his first is 2025. now inarguably, ferrari is the team which has the most left to gain from these set of regulations. they have made some absolutely stupid development choices and still they are pretty competitive? if the rumors are true and they are switching their suspension for next year, it should gear the car balance more towards charles and and that’s all he needs to win races consistently. and i don’t think lewis would instantly be comfortable enough in a new team to contend for the championship (i might be wrong) but charles is the ferrari man.

2. george - my intuition is that mercedes is going to nail the 2026 regulations. and purely that’s why george is probably winning the championship in 2026. he mostly won’t get intense competition from kimi until atleast his 3rd year in f1 just because he is still so young. and max is not leaving red bull before 2026 because switching teams before regulations change would be stupid.

3. lando - now this is where it gets interesting. maybe i don’t really like the guy too much but imo his best chance to win a wdc is 2024. mclaren have a significant pace advantage over the rest rn but it’s not going to stay that way. they will hit a development ceiling and teams will converge. and i think mclaren are going to implement team orders to help lando this year and just because oscar is still in his 2nd season and a little further away from lando in points, he will have to oblige. but this is mostly the last year lando will have that advantage over oscar and unless one of them switch teams, none of them are winning a wdc.

4. oscar - i see him winning a wdc after 2026. now i don’t know out of him and lando, who is leaving the team but i am sure one of them is going to red bull in the future.

i haven’t taken aston martin and newey into account here yet because there are just too many unknowns in that team right now. but somehow i have the feeling they are not going to cook as everyone is expecting them to.

sorry this is so long but i thought since you love hypotheticals you might have some thoughts on this!

I agree with this analysis! Ferrari haven't actually been that bad this time round with the regulations, and while I'm sure they're also looking to nail 2026, they've been vocal about aiming for 2025 with the arrival of Lewis. It will be interesting to see how Ferrari might handle Charles being the one with the championship charge considering their other driver is Lewis Hamilton though...they don't have the best track record with team orders as is.

I agree that Toto is putting all his willpower into the 2026 regulations, however I'm not sure this will mean Merc will win in 2026 necessarily, considering Ferrari are focusing on the same thing. I think Merc will jump back up the field again (since I would probably place as the 4th fastest car in this set of regulations). I also think there's a high possibility that politics at Merc will start to go bad, fast. Toto's made it clear that he wants Max, and if Kimi performs well George could be in real danger. I think Toto will be backing Kimi for WDC contention from 2026 onwards (hence why he wanted him in the car for 2025), so I unfortunately don't see George winning a WDC with Mercedes.

Lando is interesting, because I think there's a good chance that if he gets a WDC, he'll pull a Nico Rosberg and retire from F1 and focus on Quadrant and other pursuits. I get the feeling especially in the last year that F1 is bringing him far more grief than joy, and the massive backlash hasn't helped. I think this is his best year to win that WDC–Andrea Stella wants the future of McLaren to be Oscar and has made that quite clear, and I don't see them choosing him to be their championship contender in the future after this year just from the perspective of "well we tried that, it didn't work". If Lando doesn't win this year, I think he'll stick around for a few more years and maybe even move to Red Bull if Max moves to Mercedes, but I think this might be his clearest chance at the WDC. Especially if the rumours about team orders are true– if McLaren are front of the field again next year, they're giving Oscar priority. I actually DON'T think this is entirely fair–if a decision like this was to be made essentially trading off Lando's WDC chance next year, it needed to be made before the summer break since that points deficit to Max gets harder and harder to overcome with each passing race. But I agree, this is Lando's best shot at it.

Oscar might be a possibility for next year (again if the team orders rumours are true), but we've seen him not be able to beat Charles (who would likely be another title contender) for the last couple of races despite Charles being in a far worse car. So, I would think it's more likely that Oscar fights Charles for future titles once Charles has a WDC, or Oscar is fighting the Mercedes that is being built around Kimi Antonelli. I don't think Oscar will go to Red Bull purely because of Mark Webber–I think Lando is more likely at this point to get pushed out of McLaren.

I will add two things: first I don't think we need to worry about Aston and Newey. This is Newey's retirement project and while I can see Aston improving (and maybe even getting Fernando Alonso a race win), they won't be title contenders. Second, Max Verstappen is a wildcard still. Either he retires soon, or for all the talk of retirement when he was dominating, losing that top step has turned the hunt back on in him and he will want to fight for another WDC after 2024. I can see him moving to Mercedes, or if Lewis ends his Ferrari contract early (as I suspect he might), moving to Ferrari. Heavy on the Ferrari especially, considering Charles has said he'd have Max as a teammate, Fred is obviously deranged enough to go with two n1 drivers as a driver pairing, Max has a personal Michael Schumacher connection, and Ferrari have a history of wanting WDCs in their seats.

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Who said what after qualifying for the Singapore Grand Prix

2:23 PM ET

ESPN staff

ESPN rounds up all the reaction from up and down the Marina Bay paddock following qualifying for the 2017 Singapore Grand Prix.

Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton (5th): “Every year it has been relatively difficult for us in Singapore, so we knew that we would come here and it would be tricky. I thought Red Bull would be as quick as they were, but I didn’t anticipate Ferrari to be that strong. I gave it everything today but I could not get any more out of the car, I squeezed it until it was dry.

“There are no points for today, so we will focus on doing the best job we can tomorrow and remain hopeful. But this is a horrible track for overtaking; it will be a long race. I will have to try and see if I can get a good start to pick off at least one car. Sebastian has Verstappen next to him, so anything can happen at the start.”

Valtteri Bottas (6th): “So far, it’s been a difficult weekend for us. We’re clearly third quickest around here, that’s just not enough. We’ve been chasing the setup of the car and made big changes yesterday and today, but we still haven’t found the optimal setup. You can see it in the lap times that I can’t really drive the car with the setup that we’ve got. We were a bit surprised by how big the gaps to Red Bull and Ferrari are.

“Two weeks ago, we had a great weekend in Monza and now we are really struggling. The result today highlights that we still have issues producing enough downforce and mechanical grip on a track like this; it’s an area we clearly need to work on. We know our pace alone isn’t enough to score a podium tomorrow, so we need a clean race, a good strategy and bit of luck as well.”

Toto Wolff, Head of Mercedes-Benz Motorsport: “Days like this are the tough ones. We know that our car is not at its best on these tight circuits and Lewis extracted the maximum today from the package we had. It looked close at certain stages of the session, and we kept hoping for a little bit more, but it’s never nice to see a gap like that in black and white on the timing screens.

“The end result, with three cars between Sebastian and Lewis, obviously makes the situation even more difficult; likewise, Valtteri has been some way off Lewis this weekend, never really feeling confident with the car, and we need to dig down into why that is. The challenge now is simple: to extract the maximum possible from tomorrow’s race, grabbing every opportunity that comes our way. It will be a long, tough race for everybody.”

James Allison, Technical Director: “That was a very disappointing qualifying session with both cars. We knew this would be a tough weekend for us but we had nevertheless hoped for better. It was clear that we didn’t have the pace to compete for pole today. Now, we have to put this result behind us and start to think about how we can limit the damage tomorrow, or perhaps better still make the most of the opportunities this track routinely creates on race day.”

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Max Verstappen (2nd): “All weekend has been a good build up, getting faster and faster and finding a smooth rhythm so to come away with second is a really good result. I took a little bit of risk to put down a good lap as we had predicted the others would improve from yesterday and this morning’s sessions. Perhaps there was a bit of time in the last sector to find but in general I am very pleased with how the car and I performed.

“That was the best balance in terms of set-up I have had with the car in Qualifying all year and that is a big positive. My quickest time was more or less the maximum I could do, Sebastian just had an even better lap. Race pace is good so we have a chance tomorrow but it looks like Ferrari have found quite a lot. The start will be important and maybe if there are a couple of safety cars that could impact the result too.”

Daniel Ricciardo (3rd): “I really thought I could get on pole position today so I’m a bit disappointed to be honest. Seb’s last lap was strong and we couldn’t run with that. That pace was good for us in Q3 and it seems like he did most of his time in the first sector. I didn’t really know what else we could do. If we get the start right tomorrow then we can put some pressure on him through our strategy.

“I still believe we have a good chance to win this race. I do enjoy a street circuit and the challenges that come with it, brushing up against the walls and all that. I feel I can do this lap after lap for two hours tomorrow and still hold my concentration. I really want this one so hopefully that hunger prevails tomorrow.”

Christian Horner, Team Principal: “A very strong qualifying performance from both of our drivers. Max and Daniel have been showing great speed around the streets of Singapore all weekend, and indeed we’ve topped every session apart from the final one that counts in Q3, where Sebastian put in a great lap. Starting second and third on the grid gives us strategic options for tomorrow in what will be one of the hardest grands prix of the year. It’s great to have both cars right up there and we are looking forward to a hot and humid race tomorrow night.”

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Sebastian Vettel (1st): “Yesterday I wasn’t smiling, today I am. When you belong to a team, you need to believe in each other and this is the perfect proof. Our Friday was messy, but our team has worked all night long and I am grateful for that. Here the guys worked all night and got to sleep around breakfast time, I believe. Meanwhile, back at the factory, Charles Leclerc worked at the simulator and other people analysed the data. Yesterday it seemed that we were not competitive enough and a lot of answers were missing. At the beginning of qualifying I was just thinking about doing my job. Then in Q3 I attacked, and I am very happy it worked.

“For us it’s important to turn up the day. If it’s a bad day, we want to change it making it a good one because we always try to have good days. I think yesterday was very important for us because we learnt from it. It was a hard lesson but we improved our understanding of the car and the track evolution came to us. Now we probably have a better idea what the car needs. There are always lessons that need to be learnt and I am quite happy that we had a bad day yesterday. We are happy we got the pole today because it always helps. But the race is tomorrow, so we’ll see what happens.”

Kimi Raikkonen (4th): “It has been difficult since yesterday and even today it was not easy. The whole track felt very tricky to drive, it was hard to be quick and put the car where we wanted; in some sectors we were more competitive than in others. In qualifying it was a bit better compared to yesterday and this afternoon’s P3 practice, but I was still far from feeling comfortable to push. I was still fighting trying to do a good lap and it was easy to make mistakes and lose lap time.

“To finish fourth is not ideal but I’ll take it considering all the struggles that we have had so far ; it could easily have been worse. At least we gave ourselves a chance for tomorrow and hopefully with a bit of luck we can gain some positions. We’ll tackle it as a new day. Lately our starts have been quite decent, so we’ll try to make good progress and see where we end up”.

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Sergio Perez (12th): “It was a difficult qualifying session. All the way up to my final run in Q2 I was struggling with the front end of the car. We made some changes which helped the front, but I lost rear grip instead. I’m not really sure what went wrong so we need to look into the data to really understand why we didn’t deliver tonight. It’s going to be a long and tough race tomorrow, and we need to be patient. We are only a couple of positions away from the top ten so we will fight for as many points as possible.”

Esteban Ocon (14th): “It’s been a disappointing day for the team – the first bad qualifying session in quite a long time, actually. It’s not something we want to see, obviously, but sometimes that’s the way it goes. I felt comfortable with the car until qualifying, but the track evolution went away from us. I struggled under braking and it was very easy for me to lock the fronts. We now need to focus on trying to recover in the race. Points are still very much possible, even starting in P14, so we will just go for it. There has been a 100% record of Safety Cars here over the years so there may be opportunities. Our car is better in the race than in qualifying and it’s my birthday tomorrow so I really want to get a good result for me and the team.”

Robert Fernley, Deputy Team Principal: “We certainly didn’t deliver on our potential today and, as a result, we have missed out on the top ten. Sergio struggled with rear grip, while Esteban didn’t manage to deliver a clean lap in Q2. It’s a shame because grid position is very important on this circuit and we face a big task tomorrow to bring the cars back up into the points. However, like any street circuit, there are likely to be incidents and opportunities that we need to use to our advantage. The race pace is strong and both drivers are determined to make up for the disappointment of today’s qualifying session.”

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Felipe Massa (17th): “It’s been a very frustrating day to be honest. On my first run I had big oversteer, I hit the wall and got a puncture. I was lucky enough to have the problem at the last corner, before the pit entrance, so I changed tyres and went out again. Unfortunately, I had big oversteer in the last corner on my next run and lost half a second, and the chance to go into Q2. I am very disappointed because today Q2 was possible. These mistakes are frustrating and every day of this weekend has not gone well. We will try everything tomorrow and hopefully it can be a different day.”

Lance Stroll (18th): “I didn’t get everything out of myself, and so I am not happy with the session and myself. Coming into it I predicted more grip, so I locked up and touched the wall. It was a scruffy session, I needed to risk a lot to try and get into Q2, but instead I just went backwards. The track was changing so much and it was very different to all the other sessions this weekend. We just really got it wrong, but for sure the car is not as good here. It is frustrating going from the front row to the back. We had some hopes to get into Q2, but the pace was really not there. We are just missing a lot and that is going to cost us until we fix it.”

Paddy Lowe, Chief Technical Officer: “The circuit evolution in Singapore is normally very high but today was particularly extreme because of oil put down from one of the earlier support races. That certainly caught Lance out. He’s already on a learning curve at the circuit so despite three attempts on three new sets of tyres, he didn’t manage to set a good enough time to get out of Q1. In Felipe’s case, unfortunately he hit the wall on the exit of Turn 21. This was probably promoted by the oil that had been put down at the entry to Turn 20, so that lost his first-timed lap.

“Luckily, the damage wasn’t too extreme, although it was a very big hit. The car had survived with minor damage which we repaired. Felipe went out for the second run and that would have been good enough for P13 at that stage of qualifying, but he had a big oversteer moment in the final corner sequence, which lost him about half a second. With an evolving track, I’m sure Felipe would have been in a position to improve in the later sessions, as did everyone else, so it is unfortunate that we missed the cut for Q2. I think the car had better pace than we showed today. We will see what we can do tomorrow. We can still race well, it’s a long race that is usually filled with incidents. Cars and drivers suffer a lot in the final half hour so if we can hang on until the end, and be in a good state, there’s still potential to score points.”

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Fernando Alonso (8th): “The first target of having both cars in Q3 has been achieved, so 50 per cent of the job is done. Now our second target is to get both cars in the points tomorrow, which I think is possible from these starting positions. Race pace here is always a bit of a question mark; it’s difficult to read. Yesterday’s long runs were not long enough and, added to the difficulty of overtaking on this track, positions will be more or less set after the first lap.

“That means we need to concentrate on making a good start and having a clean first corner. After that. I’ll keep focussed and not make any mistakes. It is a very demanding race but hopefully we can bring some points home. The first six cars are too far away in terms of race pace, so our aim will be to defend our positions and possibly climb up to seventh. I hope we can complete the job tomorrow.”

Stoffel Vandoorne (9th): “We came into the weekend more or less expecting to get both cars into Q3, and we achieved that today. We were always on the pace throughout Q1 and Q2, but perhaps we lacked that little bit extra in Q3 compared to our rivals. But nonetheless it’s been a smooth and solid effort from the whole team. While today is a good starting point, tomorrow is where it really matters. I might be hoping for quite a few Safety Cars in the race, but I still think we can conclude the weekend on a high.”

Eric Boullier, McLaren-Honda Racing Director: “This is a track that we knew would play to the strengths of our package, so it was pleasing to see our drivers pushing the limits right up at the sharp end of the field. Getting two cars into the top 10 today sets us up well for what is always a difficult, demanding and unpredictable race. We hope to come away from it tomorrow with more valuable world championship points.

“Fernando and Stoffel have both driven outstandingly well all weekend, and it was a joy to watch them attacking this difficult and uncompromising street circuit. Likewise, the whole team has performed at an extremely high level throughout this busy Singapore GP week — whether that’s been in the sweltering pit garage, the hospitality suite or back at the factory. When these things come together, it’s worth emphasising that, as a race team, we operate as a singular unit, and it’s days like today that remind us what we can achieve together when we have the merest sniff of a competitive package.”

Yusuke Hasegawa, Honda R&D Co. Ltd Head of F1 Project & Executive Chief Engineer: “Both drivers started the day well with a solid performance in FP3, leaving us feeling positive about our car heading into qualifying this afternoon. Fernando and Stoffel then maintained their momentum, and were both able to successfully go through into Q3.

“Although we knew this was a circuit more suited to our package, it is still good that we were able to show some competitiveness and secure top 10 grid slots for the race. Despite this, we can still see a gap to the frontrunners so we will continue to make further improvements. We think we have decent race pace, but it’s very difficult to overtake at this track, so if we can get away well at the start we can hopefully be in the fight for points.”

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Carlos Sainz (10th): “I’m very happy with making into Q3 today! If I say the truth, after yesterday’s FP2 and today’s FP3 we didn’t look that competitive and I thought that Q3 was a bit out of hand for us today, but in the end we managed to put a very good lap together — the pace came back in qualifying and I’m very satisfied! We now need to think about the race because it’s not going to be easy. Unfortunately for us, a few of our closest competitors are quite a big step ahead of us here so it will be a race more on the defending side tomorrow, looking in the mirrors, but I’m up for it and will try my best to keep this point-position!”

Daniil Kvyat (13th): “The start to my qualifying wasn’t that bad — I had one run in Q1 which was particularly good, but then in Q2 the track evolved and the car just got worse. I felt it sliding everywhere, had a lot of understeer and I just didn’t manage to warm up the front tyres, which is all quite disappointing. This is something we have to analyse, because it’s very frustrating for me. Regarding tomorrow, it’s hard to say what we can do as we haven’t had much pace this weekend. We just need to do our race, follow a good strategy and see where we end up.”

Jonathan Eddolls, Chief Race Engineer: “This is a track where it’s all about giving the driver a consistent car, lap after lap, because there’s an awful lot you can gain from the driver at a street circuit like this one. The main focus of FP3 was to build on what we learnt on Friday, fine tune the balance of the car and really focus on and understand the tyres. Track conditions here change significantly from session to session — they start in daylight and then you qualify when it’s dark, so it’s a lot about data gathering and analysis and the guys have done a really good job in getting their heads around the tyres.

“FP3 was therefore spent trying to understand what was going to be best going into Qualifying, which pretty much went to plan. It was great to get one of the cars into Q3. Carlos did a great job and managed to build it up throughout the session. We were a little bit tight on the timing on the very last run — I think we crossed the line with only five seconds to go — so it was a little bit nerve-wracking at one point, but he kept his head down and put in a good lap.

“Unfortunately, with Daniil, he didn’t quite feel the grip on his very last set in Q2, so we’ll spend this evening trying to understand the reasons for that. We also had a small issue in Quali where a small amount of oil found its way into the exhaust system and ignited, causing the plume of smoke you saw as the car entered the pit box. These conditions were quite specific so we have no concerns with reliability for tomorrow. Starting from P10 and P13, there’s definitely the potential for a good result here tomorrow.”

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Romain Grosjean (15th): “As long as you do your best in qualifying, that’s the most important thing. I think from both of us it was the maximum we could’ve hoped for. We pushed pretty hard but, unfortunately, we don’t have much balance here. I’m sure we’re going to learn a lot from this weekend for the future but, of course, when you’re deeply into it, it’s a bit painful. From yesterday we’ve made some improvements. I’m proud of the work. It’s a long race, a tough race. Hopefully, the car will work better tomorrow. We’ll aim for the best strategy, maybe we can get lucky with a safety car, and try to get to the front somehow.”

Kevin Magnussen (16th): “I don’t think Q2 was out of reach. I caught a Renault in the last corner of my last lap, which cost me the margin I needed to get through to Q2. It’s been a tough weekend. We’ve not been strong enough, but we’ll fight anyway. It’s hard to say how the race will go. We’ll wait and see tomorrow.”

Guenther Steiner, Team Principal: “I think that was the most we could get for us this weekend. The midfield is so tight. We know a lot of things can happen here on a street circuit. Let’s see what happens. For sure, we will try our best to get into the points.”

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Nico Hulkenberg (7th): “We have a strong package here this weekend. I had a nice battle with McLaren in qualifying today. They had the upper hand until the last lap where I managed to squeeze a really good lap out. I’m very happy to start seventh, it was a good effort from the team. Everyone gave us the best possible chance to have a good race. We know the Singapore Grand Prix is unpredictable, anything can happen, you just have to be ready and stay on your toes for the entire race.”

Jolyon Palmer (11th): “We found a lot of pace in the car, especially in Q1 where it felt like the car came alive. Q2 was also looking good but we overheated the rear tyres in the last run and I ended up losing a lot of time there and wasn’t able to improve. I am eleventh but I’m not too dissatisfied with that, we get a fresh set of tyres and we are in a good position to score some points tomorrow.”

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Pascal Wehrlein (19th): “I did the best job I could during today’s qualifying. My laptime is quite alright considering that I lost some time by slightly touching the wall. As a team, we are all working hard to make progress.”

Marcus Ericsson (20th): “It was a difficult qualifying for me. I had to abort my first stint, and return to the garage early-on to pick up a fresh set of tyres. That made for a tricky start to Q1. In the end I only managed to complete one decent flying lap. It was a disappointing qualifying. Let’s see what is possible in tomorrow’s race.”

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Mario Isola, Head of Car Racing: “The track got progressively faster quite quickly, once the oil on the track had cleared. This allowed an incredibly fast and closely-fought qualifying session, with plenty of drivers beating the previous all-time record at Singapore. On a circuit which favours the mechanical grip like this one, the wider 2017 tyres offered an important contribution to this result. As tyre wear and degradation is low on all three compounds, one-stop should be the favoured strategy; however, with a 100% safety car record in Singapore and unpredictable track conditions, teams will need to remain versatile and adapt their strategies to the circumstances of the race.”

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Who said what after qualifying for the Singapore Grand Prix

2:23 PM ET

ESPN staff

ESPN rounds up all the reaction from up and down the Marina Bay paddock following qualifying for the 2017 Singapore Grand Prix.

Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton (5th): “Every year it has been relatively difficult for us in Singapore, so we knew that we would come here and it would be tricky. I thought Red Bull would be as quick as they were, but I didn’t anticipate Ferrari to be that strong. I gave it everything today but I could not get any more out of the car, I squeezed it until it was dry.

“There are no points for today, so we will focus on doing the best job we can tomorrow and remain hopeful. But this is a horrible track for overtaking; it will be a long race. I will have to try and see if I can get a good start to pick off at least one car. Sebastian has Verstappen next to him, so anything can happen at the start.”

Valtteri Bottas (6th): “So far, it’s been a difficult weekend for us. We’re clearly third quickest around here, that’s just not enough. We’ve been chasing the setup of the car and made big changes yesterday and today, but we still haven’t found the optimal setup. You can see it in the lap times that I can’t really drive the car with the setup that we’ve got. We were a bit surprised by how big the gaps to Red Bull and Ferrari are.

“Two weeks ago, we had a great weekend in Monza and now we are really struggling. The result today highlights that we still have issues producing enough downforce and mechanical grip on a track like this; it’s an area we clearly need to work on. We know our pace alone isn’t enough to score a podium tomorrow, so we need a clean race, a good strategy and bit of luck as well.”

Toto Wolff, Head of Mercedes-Benz Motorsport: “Days like this are the tough ones. We know that our car is not at its best on these tight circuits and Lewis extracted the maximum today from the package we had. It looked close at certain stages of the session, and we kept hoping for a little bit more, but it’s never nice to see a gap like that in black and white on the timing screens.

“The end result, with three cars between Sebastian and Lewis, obviously makes the situation even more difficult; likewise, Valtteri has been some way off Lewis this weekend, never really feeling confident with the car, and we need to dig down into why that is. The challenge now is simple: to extract the maximum possible from tomorrow’s race, grabbing every opportunity that comes our way. It will be a long, tough race for everybody.”

James Allison, Technical Director: “That was a very disappointing qualifying session with both cars. We knew this would be a tough weekend for us but we had nevertheless hoped for better. It was clear that we didn’t have the pace to compete for pole today. Now, we have to put this result behind us and start to think about how we can limit the damage tomorrow, or perhaps better still make the most of the opportunities this track routinely creates on race day.”

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Max Verstappen (2nd): “All weekend has been a good build up, getting faster and faster and finding a smooth rhythm so to come away with second is a really good result. I took a little bit of risk to put down a good lap as we had predicted the others would improve from yesterday and this morning’s sessions. Perhaps there was a bit of time in the last sector to find but in general I am very pleased with how the car and I performed.

“That was the best balance in terms of set-up I have had with the car in Qualifying all year and that is a big positive. My quickest time was more or less the maximum I could do, Sebastian just had an even better lap. Race pace is good so we have a chance tomorrow but it looks like Ferrari have found quite a lot. The start will be important and maybe if there are a couple of safety cars that could impact the result too.”

Daniel Ricciardo (3rd): “I really thought I could get on pole position today so I’m a bit disappointed to be honest. Seb’s last lap was strong and we couldn’t run with that. That pace was good for us in Q3 and it seems like he did most of his time in the first sector. I didn’t really know what else we could do. If we get the start right tomorrow then we can put some pressure on him through our strategy.

“I still believe we have a good chance to win this race. I do enjoy a street circuit and the challenges that come with it, brushing up against the walls and all that. I feel I can do this lap after lap for two hours tomorrow and still hold my concentration. I really want this one so hopefully that hunger prevails tomorrow.”

Christian Horner, Team Principal: “A very strong qualifying performance from both of our drivers. Max and Daniel have been showing great speed around the streets of Singapore all weekend, and indeed we’ve topped every session apart from the final one that counts in Q3, where Sebastian put in a great lap. Starting second and third on the grid gives us strategic options for tomorrow in what will be one of the hardest grands prix of the year. It’s great to have both cars right up there and we are looking forward to a hot and humid race tomorrow night.”

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Sebastian Vettel (1st): “Yesterday I wasn’t smiling, today I am. When you belong to a team, you need to believe in each other and this is the perfect proof. Our Friday was messy, but our team has worked all night long and I am grateful for that. Here the guys worked all night and got to sleep around breakfast time, I believe. Meanwhile, back at the factory, Charles Leclerc worked at the simulator and other people analysed the data. Yesterday it seemed that we were not competitive enough and a lot of answers were missing. At the beginning of qualifying I was just thinking about doing my job. Then in Q3 I attacked, and I am very happy it worked.

“For us it’s important to turn up the day. If it’s a bad day, we want to change it making it a good one because we always try to have good days. I think yesterday was very important for us because we learnt from it. It was a hard lesson but we improved our understanding of the car and the track evolution came to us. Now we probably have a better idea what the car needs. There are always lessons that need to be learnt and I am quite happy that we had a bad day yesterday. We are happy we got the pole today because it always helps. But the race is tomorrow, so we’ll see what happens.”

Kimi Raikkonen (4th): “It has been difficult since yesterday and even today it was not easy. The whole track felt very tricky to drive, it was hard to be quick and put the car where we wanted; in some sectors we were more competitive than in others. In qualifying it was a bit better compared to yesterday and this afternoon’s P3 practice, but I was still far from feeling comfortable to push. I was still fighting trying to do a good lap and it was easy to make mistakes and lose lap time.

“To finish fourth is not ideal but I’ll take it considering all the struggles that we have had so far ; it could easily have been worse. At least we gave ourselves a chance for tomorrow and hopefully with a bit of luck we can gain some positions. We’ll tackle it as a new day. Lately our starts have been quite decent, so we’ll try to make good progress and see where we end up”.

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Sergio Perez (12th): “It was a difficult qualifying session. All the way up to my final run in Q2 I was struggling with the front end of the car. We made some changes which helped the front, but I lost rear grip instead. I’m not really sure what went wrong so we need to look into the data to really understand why we didn’t deliver tonight. It’s going to be a long and tough race tomorrow, and we need to be patient. We are only a couple of positions away from the top ten so we will fight for as many points as possible.”

Esteban Ocon (14th): “It’s been a disappointing day for the team – the first bad qualifying session in quite a long time, actually. It’s not something we want to see, obviously, but sometimes that’s the way it goes. I felt comfortable with the car until qualifying, but the track evolution went away from us. I struggled under braking and it was very easy for me to lock the fronts. We now need to focus on trying to recover in the race. Points are still very much possible, even starting in P14, so we will just go for it. There has been a 100% record of Safety Cars here over the years so there may be opportunities. Our car is better in the race than in qualifying and it’s my birthday tomorrow so I really want to get a good result for me and the team.”

Robert Fernley, Deputy Team Principal: “We certainly didn’t deliver on our potential today and, as a result, we have missed out on the top ten. Sergio struggled with rear grip, while Esteban didn’t manage to deliver a clean lap in Q2. It’s a shame because grid position is very important on this circuit and we face a big task tomorrow to bring the cars back up into the points. However, like any street circuit, there are likely to be incidents and opportunities that we need to use to our advantage. The race pace is strong and both drivers are determined to make up for the disappointment of today’s qualifying session.”

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Felipe Massa (17th): “It’s been a very frustrating day to be honest. On my first run I had big oversteer, I hit the wall and got a puncture. I was lucky enough to have the problem at the last corner, before the pit entrance, so I changed tyres and went out again. Unfortunately, I had big oversteer in the last corner on my next run and lost half a second, and the chance to go into Q2. I am very disappointed because today Q2 was possible. These mistakes are frustrating and every day of this weekend has not gone well. We will try everything tomorrow and hopefully it can be a different day.”

Lance Stroll (18th): “I didn’t get everything out of myself, and so I am not happy with the session and myself. Coming into it I predicted more grip, so I locked up and touched the wall. It was a scruffy session, I needed to risk a lot to try and get into Q2, but instead I just went backwards. The track was changing so much and it was very different to all the other sessions this weekend. We just really got it wrong, but for sure the car is not as good here. It is frustrating going from the front row to the back. We had some hopes to get into Q2, but the pace was really not there. We are just missing a lot and that is going to cost us until we fix it.”

Paddy Lowe, Chief Technical Officer: “The circuit evolution in Singapore is normally very high but today was particularly extreme because of oil put down from one of the earlier support races. That certainly caught Lance out. He’s already on a learning curve at the circuit so despite three attempts on three new sets of tyres, he didn’t manage to set a good enough time to get out of Q1. In Felipe’s case, unfortunately he hit the wall on the exit of Turn 21. This was probably promoted by the oil that had been put down at the entry to Turn 20, so that lost his first-timed lap.

“Luckily, the damage wasn’t too extreme, although it was a very big hit. The car had survived with minor damage which we repaired. Felipe went out for the second run and that would have been good enough for P13 at that stage of qualifying, but he had a big oversteer moment in the final corner sequence, which lost him about half a second. With an evolving track, I’m sure Felipe would have been in a position to improve in the later sessions, as did everyone else, so it is unfortunate that we missed the cut for Q2. I think the car had better pace than we showed today. We will see what we can do tomorrow. We can still race well, it’s a long race that is usually filled with incidents. Cars and drivers suffer a lot in the final half hour so if we can hang on until the end, and be in a good state, there’s still potential to score points.”

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Fernando Alonso (8th): “The first target of having both cars in Q3 has been achieved, so 50 per cent of the job is done. Now our second target is to get both cars in the points tomorrow, which I think is possible from these starting positions. Race pace here is always a bit of a question mark; it’s difficult to read. Yesterday’s long runs were not long enough and, added to the difficulty of overtaking on this track, positions will be more or less set after the first lap.

“That means we need to concentrate on making a good start and having a clean first corner. After that. I’ll keep focussed and not make any mistakes. It is a very demanding race but hopefully we can bring some points home. The first six cars are too far away in terms of race pace, so our aim will be to defend our positions and possibly climb up to seventh. I hope we can complete the job tomorrow.”

Stoffel Vandoorne (9th): “We came into the weekend more or less expecting to get both cars into Q3, and we achieved that today. We were always on the pace throughout Q1 and Q2, but perhaps we lacked that little bit extra in Q3 compared to our rivals. But nonetheless it’s been a smooth and solid effort from the whole team. While today is a good starting point, tomorrow is where it really matters. I might be hoping for quite a few Safety Cars in the race, but I still think we can conclude the weekend on a high.”

Eric Boullier, McLaren-Honda Racing Director: “This is a track that we knew would play to the strengths of our package, so it was pleasing to see our drivers pushing the limits right up at the sharp end of the field. Getting two cars into the top 10 today sets us up well for what is always a difficult, demanding and unpredictable race. We hope to come away from it tomorrow with more valuable world championship points.

“Fernando and Stoffel have both driven outstandingly well all weekend, and it was a joy to watch them attacking this difficult and uncompromising street circuit. Likewise, the whole team has performed at an extremely high level throughout this busy Singapore GP week — whether that’s been in the sweltering pit garage, the hospitality suite or back at the factory. When these things come together, it’s worth emphasising that, as a race team, we operate as a singular unit, and it’s days like today that remind us what we can achieve together when we have the merest sniff of a competitive package.”

Yusuke Hasegawa, Honda R&D Co. Ltd Head of F1 Project & Executive Chief Engineer: “Both drivers started the day well with a solid performance in FP3, leaving us feeling positive about our car heading into qualifying this afternoon. Fernando and Stoffel then maintained their momentum, and were both able to successfully go through into Q3.

“Although we knew this was a circuit more suited to our package, it is still good that we were able to show some competitiveness and secure top 10 grid slots for the race. Despite this, we can still see a gap to the frontrunners so we will continue to make further improvements. We think we have decent race pace, but it’s very difficult to overtake at this track, so if we can get away well at the start we can hopefully be in the fight for points.”

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Carlos Sainz (10th): “I’m very happy with making into Q3 today! If I say the truth, after yesterday’s FP2 and today’s FP3 we didn’t look that competitive and I thought that Q3 was a bit out of hand for us today, but in the end we managed to put a very good lap together — the pace came back in qualifying and I’m very satisfied! We now need to think about the race because it’s not going to be easy. Unfortunately for us, a few of our closest competitors are quite a big step ahead of us here so it will be a race more on the defending side tomorrow, looking in the mirrors, but I’m up for it and will try my best to keep this point-position!”

Daniil Kvyat (13th): “The start to my qualifying wasn’t that bad — I had one run in Q1 which was particularly good, but then in Q2 the track evolved and the car just got worse. I felt it sliding everywhere, had a lot of understeer and I just didn’t manage to warm up the front tyres, which is all quite disappointing. This is something we have to analyse, because it’s very frustrating for me. Regarding tomorrow, it’s hard to say what we can do as we haven’t had much pace this weekend. We just need to do our race, follow a good strategy and see where we end up.”

Jonathan Eddolls, Chief Race Engineer: “This is a track where it’s all about giving the driver a consistent car, lap after lap, because there’s an awful lot you can gain from the driver at a street circuit like this one. The main focus of FP3 was to build on what we learnt on Friday, fine tune the balance of the car and really focus on and understand the tyres. Track conditions here change significantly from session to session — they start in daylight and then you qualify when it’s dark, so it’s a lot about data gathering and analysis and the guys have done a really good job in getting their heads around the tyres.

“FP3 was therefore spent trying to understand what was going to be best going into Qualifying, which pretty much went to plan. It was great to get one of the cars into Q3. Carlos did a great job and managed to build it up throughout the session. We were a little bit tight on the timing on the very last run — I think we crossed the line with only five seconds to go — so it was a little bit nerve-wracking at one point, but he kept his head down and put in a good lap.

“Unfortunately, with Daniil, he didn’t quite feel the grip on his very last set in Q2, so we’ll spend this evening trying to understand the reasons for that. We also had a small issue in Quali where a small amount of oil found its way into the exhaust system and ignited, causing the plume of smoke you saw as the car entered the pit box. These conditions were quite specific so we have no concerns with reliability for tomorrow. Starting from P10 and P13, there’s definitely the potential for a good result here tomorrow.”

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Romain Grosjean (15th): “As long as you do your best in qualifying, that’s the most important thing. I think from both of us it was the maximum we could’ve hoped for. We pushed pretty hard but, unfortunately, we don’t have much balance here. I’m sure we’re going to learn a lot from this weekend for the future but, of course, when you’re deeply into it, it’s a bit painful. From yesterday we’ve made some improvements. I’m proud of the work. It’s a long race, a tough race. Hopefully, the car will work better tomorrow. We’ll aim for the best strategy, maybe we can get lucky with a safety car, and try to get to the front somehow.”

Kevin Magnussen (16th): “I don’t think Q2 was out of reach. I caught a Renault in the last corner of my last lap, which cost me the margin I needed to get through to Q2. It’s been a tough weekend. We’ve not been strong enough, but we’ll fight anyway. It’s hard to say how the race will go. We’ll wait and see tomorrow.”

Guenther Steiner, Team Principal: “I think that was the most we could get for us this weekend. The midfield is so tight. We know a lot of things can happen here on a street circuit. Let’s see what happens. For sure, we will try our best to get into the points.”

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Nico Hulkenberg (7th): “We have a strong package here this weekend. I had a nice battle with McLaren in qualifying today. They had the upper hand until the last lap where I managed to squeeze a really good lap out. I’m very happy to start seventh, it was a good effort from the team. Everyone gave us the best possible chance to have a good race. We know the Singapore Grand Prix is unpredictable, anything can happen, you just have to be ready and stay on your toes for the entire race.”

Jolyon Palmer (11th): “We found a lot of pace in the car, especially in Q1 where it felt like the car came alive. Q2 was also looking good but we overheated the rear tyres in the last run and I ended up losing a lot of time there and wasn’t able to improve. I am eleventh but I’m not too dissatisfied with that, we get a fresh set of tyres and we are in a good position to score some points tomorrow.”

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Pascal Wehrlein (19th): “I did the best job I could during today’s qualifying. My laptime is quite alright considering that I lost some time by slightly touching the wall. As a team, we are all working hard to make progress.”

Marcus Ericsson (20th): “It was a difficult qualifying for me. I had to abort my first stint, and return to the garage early-on to pick up a fresh set of tyres. That made for a tricky start to Q1. In the end I only managed to complete one decent flying lap. It was a disappointing qualifying. Let’s see what is possible in tomorrow’s race.”

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Mario Isola, Head of Car Racing: “The track got progressively faster quite quickly, once the oil on the track had cleared. This allowed an incredibly fast and closely-fought qualifying session, with plenty of drivers beating the previous all-time record at Singapore. On a circuit which favours the mechanical grip like this one, the wider 2017 tyres offered an important contribution to this result. As tyre wear and degradation is low on all three compounds, one-stop should be the favoured strategy; however, with a 100% safety car record in Singapore and unpredictable track conditions, teams will need to remain versatile and adapt their strategies to the circumstances of the race.”

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ESPN rounds up all the response from up and down the Silverstone paddock subsequent the 2017 British Grand Prix.

Mercedes

Valtteri Bottas (2nd): “What a race! I am definitely content for us as a group, to get the second one-2 of the year. Of system I would have preferred to get, but I am content anyway for the reason that that was absolutely one particular of my finest ever races. I had to fight hardcore out there a few of instances, but I finished up in a great position. We could in fact go for a longer time than expected in the initial stint on the Softs and the tyres have been definitely great. In the last stint the group advised me to just choose care of the tyres, for the reason that we noticed a handful of failures out there for some other teams, but for me they have been fantastic. We’re just at the fifty percent-way issue of the year and it could absolutely be worst. It is nonetheless just my initial calendar year with the group and I am nonetheless suitable in the championship fight As a group we did a definitely great job currently. The strategy suitable from the start out of the race labored definitely nicely. It was a flawless race for us and the one-2 was our prize – the group definitely should have this. We absolutely received blessed with Kimi’s puncture in the close, to choose P2, but which is racing and currently luck was on our aspect.”

Lewis Hamilton (1st): “I am so content… this has received to be one particular of my sweetest wins here. I was gunning for this victory. There was so substantially negativity ahead of the race, with men and women questioning how I geared up for the race. But this weekend has been one particular of my strongest of the weekend. I manufactured a strong start out and then just after that I managed the car and the equilibrium, and the boys did a superb pit quit. I definitely are unable to obtain a fault at the second. The group did an fantastic job this weekend and Valtteri naturally drover a stormer currently – I am happy of him. It is fantastic to have him in the group. I am shocked to see the problems the Ferrari had for the reason that I did not see any debris. I did not be expecting to appear away from this weekend just one particular issue at the rear of Sebastian. This result definitely opens up the championship – and we go to Hungary upcoming, exactly where I’ve usually gone nicely. Every time I arrived all around Convert seven, I could see the supporters cheering each solitary lap. It was definitely reminiscent of 2008, my initial Grand Prix get here. I’ve received some fantastic supporters here, not only in the group, but in the garage as nicely. I’ve received my brother here, some of my aunties and household has appear far too. There is certainly this remarkable youthful kid who’s appear from South Africa, Michael, who is fighting most cancers. It was remarkable to see him. And Billy Monger is with us, who is just such an inspiration.”

Toto Wolff, group principal: “I consider that was possibly the finest race I have been aspect of since becoming a member of the group in 2013! We are so delighted for Lewis: he geared up for the weekend in the way he realized was suitable for him, then arrived here and shipped in qualifying and the race. He received pole, led each lap, gained the race and also set the fastest lap it was a perfect general performance. And then Valtteri rounded it off for the group by climbing all the way from P9 to P2, with a minor bit of great fortune together the way but applying dependable force on each lap of the race. He picked his way as a result of the area, held the general performance in the tyres at the suitable time and he richly deserved his second position complete it was a good drive. We are now at the halfway issue of the year with 250 points nonetheless to score. There will be a whole lot of discuss about the championship standings but not in the group. We have our eyes on one particular point only and which is the upcoming race in Hungary, so we can go into the summertime split in an even much better affliction. Effectively accomplished to every person in Brixworth and Brackley for this result – it can be a true credit to the remarkable function you have accomplished so significantly this calendar year.”

James Allison, Technological Director: “This is a sport that asks so substantially of the men and women who compete in it, motorists and teams alike, and it is on days like these that it repays each very small bit of exertion one particular hundred fold. They are over and above description in the diploma of pleasure, satisfaction and pleasure that they convey us all. Lewis has all but wiped out the deficit to Vettel in one particular hammer blow and the group has taken one more significant leaps in the constructors’ race many thanks to a huge display from Valtteri, whose function this afternoon wholly erased the gearbox penalty he was compelled to choose this weekend. It feels like we are starting to make some great momentum in recent races and with any luck , we can deliver the exact form of general performance in two weeks’ time prior to heading into the summertime split. Our function in the upcoming fortnight will target on optimising each solitary depth so that we arrive in Hungary geared up for all of the challenges that race can throw at us.”

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Red Bull

Daniel Ricciardo (fifth): “I hope they showed a whole lot of that on Television set. I just felt like the complete race I was overtaking cars and I hope the supporters enjoyed it. We manufactured up a chunk of positions early on and then I received a bit greedy, went off track and finished up at the back once more. It was fantastic enjoyable coming back as a result of the area and I gave it anything. I caught Hulkenberg with a handful of laps to go and then Seb had his issue which handed me fifth, so danke Sebastian. I’ve been definitely content with how I’ve been putting my Sundays jointly for the last handful of races, it can be been solid and to get fifth from the back currently? I definitely couldn’t question for a lot more. Previous 7 days I was the hunted and this 7 days the hunter, I enjoy the fight of this sport and currently I felt I could definitely enjoy that. I would give this race 10 out of 10 in conditions of enjoyable. I consider you could say that in the last 6 races the Honey Badger has definitely proven up on Sunday and it can be been fantastic enjoyable.”

Max Verstappen (4th): “It is a beneficial day. I am content to complete the race and get some strong points the moment once more. We received a bit blessed with Seb’s puncture at the close and I pitted to be safe and sound as I realized I had plenty of home at the rear of me. The entrance remaining did not sense fantastic and owning viewed what transpired to the Ferrari we played it safe and sound. If I had viewed Kimi pit at the close I may possibly have stayed out to check out and get a leap on him, but we manufactured the precautionary quit to make certain we concluded. With a whole lot of rapidly rights here it takes its toll on the entrance remaining so we realized there would be problems late on. At the starting I realized I was really a bit slower than Seb so I just did my finest to stay in entrance and have some enjoyable it was the only point I could do and the good news is he did not regulate to move me on track, so just after that minor battle my race became a bit lonely. Our rate was fairly great and the car felt aggressive throughout the race – it felt much better than it did in qualifying so now we have to have to understand why we struggled yesterday. Fourth is a great result – possibly one particular position much better than we expected which is usually good. We have some updates coming in Hungary which I am hoping will make some measures towards becoming able to fight with the prime two teams.”

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Ferrari

Sebastian Vettel (7th): “It was a tricky race. The brakes received fire on the grid and I consider this is the reason why I had no grip at the start out: they have been far too warm. Throughout the last laps, just after the trouble with the entrance remaining tire, I tried to get the car back and recuperate some points. It was tricky currently for the reason that I was caught at the starting at the rear of Max, but I am not the one particular to decide what transpired in between him and me. Following that I consider the rate was great, thinking of the simple fact that I was on the Gentle tires. Valtteri was on other compound, the Supersofts, so it was clear that he would have been solid. These days was not a fantastic day, but we will see what occurs in Hungary, on a different track.”

Kimi Raikkonen (3rd): “My race was not heading far too bad until a handful of laps prior to the close. I instantly had the trouble, my entrance remaining tire enable go with no warning the air stayed in the tire but the rubber aspect, arrived off. It is disappointing for the reason that without that issue the second position was secured, and we deserved a much better result. We had manufactured some improvements to the car and they appeared to have improved the feeling. When it can be like this you are self-assured and you can force I hope that it will be a related tale in the future races. Nevertheless, currently we have been missing a minor bit of pace towards our rivals. We did what we could but naturally you will find some function to be accomplished to capture up the Mercedes in places like this. This is absolutely not our strongest type of circuit. I am intrigued to see what occurs in the upcoming race, I guess the Hungarian track must match our car much better.”

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Force India

Esteban Ocon (8th): “I had a good start out – it felt like 4 wheel drive and I moved up a few of positions, but I missing out to Hulkenberg at the close of the initial lap. Following that, I had a great battle with my teammate for most of the afternoon and the group enable us race – just like Canada. Sergio was rapidly and providing me force, but I was able to stay ahead. It is quite gratifying to see us score points once more with the two cars. Our consistency is our toughness this calendar year – on all tracks we are there with great pace and scoring points. We have to have to keep this up in the second fifty percent of the calendar year.”

Sergio Perez (9th): “It is been a tricky race and I have a feeling we did not get to show our true rate. We must have concluded larger, but in the close we nonetheless convey property points with the two cars. I had a weak start out and that compromised the rest of the afternoon, for the reason that I couldn’t recuperate from it. Silverstone is one particular of the most tricky tracks on which to overtake, and even while I spent all my race in DRS array of Esteban, I by no means had a real opportunity to move him. Getting so close to the car in entrance harmed my tyres and price me heaps of downforce so there was nothing I could do. You can appear back at the race and consider of things that could have been accomplished otherwise, but it can be usually easy to say this just after the race. As we get to the fifty percent-way issue in the year, I sense quite beneficial about our general performance. We have been carrying out definitely nicely as a group and I hope we can get back to our real amount in the upcoming race and just after the split.”

Dr Vijay Mallya, Workforce Principal: “It is quite gratifying to see the two our cars complete inside the points at our property race. We’ve additional 6 vital points to our tally and strengthened our fourth position in the championship. It was a uncomplicated race from our perspective with Esteban receiving the leap on Checo at the start out. From there it was line astern to the flag with the two motorists subsequent related one particular-quit techniques. Preserving up this consistency is vital and, as we get to the fifty percent-way issue of the year, I am feeling quite happy of what we have accomplished from the initial 10 races. I have similarly superior hopes for the rest of the year as we go on to acquire the VJM10.”

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Williams

Felipe Massa (tenth): “I am absolutely content with the race just after starting 14th, owning had a quite great start out and opening lap, to complete tenth. For certain the most tricky aspect of the race was overtaking the Force Indias at the close. I was more rapidly, but maybe not quick plenty of to have the opportunity to overtake. I am nonetheless not content with the qualifying yesterday. When you start out out of position things are a whole lot a lot more tricky than they must be so currently maybe we could have fought for a lot more points. However, starting 14th did not allow for us to do that, but I am content with my race. We just have to have to make certain our starting position is much better in the upcoming race.

Lance Stroll (twelfth): “It was not a great race for us. The start out was great and I moved up to P12. The initial stint was also all right, and then also at the start out of the second stint things were not bad. But then we picked up some destruction on the car, which I consider was a damaged barge board. I begun to sense some thing was wrong, we suspected it was the tyres and so I stopped once more. Nevertheless, this was for nothing definitely as it just received worse from there. I just brought the car property but some destruction on the car wrecked our race. Now I am just seeking ahead to Hungary.”

Paddy Lowe, Main Technological Officer: “We had planned to do a one particular-quit, starting on the comfortable tyre. From 14th and 15th that appeared like the finest way to check out and get some places. The race went reasonably to system, the only issue was that the supersoft did not degrade in the way we had hoped for individuals all around us in the initial stint, as then we would have had an benefit in the closing levels. Felipe was able to obstacle the two Force Indias at the close, but couldn’t overtake. Lance drove a great, strong race, but he endured some bodywork destruction, at which issue he was losing far too substantially laptime and was degrading the rear tyres. We pitted for one more set, but it was a struggle to the complete. General, it can be a disappointing result at our property race. The car was more rapidly than our result would point out. We have to have to master from this practical experience and be much better upcoming time.”

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McLaren

Fernando Alonso (DNF): “Difficult instances. A tricky weekend for us, starting last with the penalties, then in the race, when I was subsequent a group of cars, I had one more issue. Hopefully, it has not accomplished any destruction to the motor and we will be able to keep using it in the future. Stoffel was eleventh currently, so I consider we were not quick plenty of to be in the points currently and I consider I could have finished up 13th, 14th, and the retirement is a minor bit significantly less painful. Now I am seeking ahead to Hungary, which must be a much better weekend for us.”

Stoffel Vandoorne (eleventh): “It is a disgrace to the moment once more complete just exterior the points – but there are a lot of positives to choose away from this weekend. The rate we showed in the race currently was quite encouraging: to operate as close as we did to the two Force Indias and a Williams on a circuit like this is a real beneficial. Not anything went beautifully in the race – my pitstop did not go far too easily, so I arrived out aspect by aspect with Felipe and missing a position. That was a disgrace, for the reason that there was absolutely a chance to complete ahead of him for the reason that our rate was quite related to his. However, no points – but currently was quite encouraging, and I am certain our time will appear.”

Eric Boullier, McLaren-Honda Racing Director: “From the back of the grid Fernando manufactured a solid start out, carving his way as a result of the backmarkers, and was keeping a strong 14th position by one particular-third distance. Meanwhile Stoffel was keeping a regular ninth position. It was hence quite disappointing when Fernando was compelled to retire on lap 35, as a result of a fall in gas force that led to a decline of electricity. We’re nonetheless investigating the cause of that failure. With ten laps to go, Stoffel was locked in a battle for tenth position with Felipe [Massa]. In the close his hopes of scoring a world championship issue have been to appear to naught, but his was a strong and remarkable drive even so. From here we go to the Hungaroring, above whose lots of twists and turns, connected as they are by small straights, we hope to be a minor a lot more aggressive.”

Yusuke Hasegawa, Honda R&D Co. Ltd Head of F1 Undertaking & Executive Main Engineer: “This weekend finished on a aggravating observe as Stoffel just missed out on a championship issue at our property race. Up until currently, things had been seeking up and we had been demonstrating some encouraging rate. Stoffel begun his race from a great position and he showed aggressive rate in the midfield during the race. He pushed as tricky as feasible so hence it was disappointing he concluded eleventh just exterior of the points. Though Fernando had to start out from back of the grid, he improved his position throughout the initial aspect of the race, and was close to Stoffel. Sadly, he had a gas method-connected issue and had to retire from the race. We are now investigating the cause. Owning claimed this, I nonetheless consider we leave Silverstone with some positivity. We had improved rate and our competiveness has also improved above the last handful of races. Future up is Hungary which is a track that fits our deal much better, so I hope we can have a great race. We will go on our finest efforts towards scoring some points at the upcoming round.”

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Toro Rosso

Daniil Kvyat (15th): “Even if I was able to go on just after the collision with Carlos, my race was also compromised and I am naturally not content with what transpired. I was ahead and on a soiled line, so it can be ordinary to have some understeer, and then, all of a unexpected, the crash took position. These things transpire and in some cases they’re unavoidable. It is a real disgrace, as this has harmed the two us motorists and the group, which I sense quite sorry for. There is certainly not substantially a lot more that can be accomplished now, we just have to have to master from this and move ahead.”

Carlos Sainz (DNF): “I am not heading to say substantially about what transpired currently on lap one with Daniil, the images discuss for by themselves – it can be just quite aggravating to have not concluded one more race. Of system I am let down and it can be not the way you want your race to go, but I just have to have to consider of it as a phase of my calendar year – with 20 races, you will find usually heading to be this form of scenario at some issue… Which is why I am not anxious and quite relaxed. Luckily, it can be a weekend exactly where not a whole lot of points have been on the desk, specially for the reason that we needed some tough eventualities like rain but this by no means transpired, so we did not get rid of that substantially. The only significant disgrace is that we have not scored any points once more this weekend, but we have to have to keep our heads up – I’d like to cheer the mechanics and the complete group up as they need to also be let down about this and with any luck , in Hungary we can switch it all around and have a great race weekend as a group. I am self-assured it will be much better upcoming time out.”

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Haas

Kevin Magnussen (twelfth): “I felt the Toro Rosso strike my tire at the start out, but nothing transpired. Luckily, there was no puncture. I just did not really get the initial lap. It was usually heading to be tricky when you start out on the reverse strategy on the harder tire. That initial stint form of held me out of the points. The rate was great in the car, I just had to do a prolonged stint on the tires and wait around for the guys in entrance to pit and then place in a whole lot of great lap instances. I arrived back a bit at the close, but it was not plenty of. When you happen to be fighting exterior of the points, it can be by no means that exciting. Even now, I will choose the positives. We have been quick and had great rate in the race.”

Romain Grosjean (13th): “Difficult day in the workplace. We did not have substantially rate currently with either tire. I received caught in website traffic originally, which killed the supersoft. I pitted for the softs, and once more, website traffic all the way. We tried a gamble at the close putting new supersofts on, hoping that some thing would transpire at the entrance, but nothing did. We just have to have to understand why our race rate was not as great as it was in qualifying and go from there.”

Guenther Steiner, Workforce Principal: “It is been an average weekend. We did not get in the points, but Kevin’s race rate was great. We missing a handful of positions at the start out and which is exactly where we finished up. All over again, we had a related race rate to all our opponents – we have been just in a worse place. I am nonetheless self-assured in our car. In the midfield, we can battle. This time we have been just at the lessen close of our group. It improvements all around each weekend. It is not what we required, but nonetheless, we concluded with the two cars. On we go to Hungary.”

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Renault

Nico Hulkenberg (6th): “We are quite content with the race result currently. P6 is a significant success for the group. We have been able to get a great lap in qualifying and then to carry it as a result of to the race. We had a solid race rate, and have been able to keep ahead of the two Force Indias, which is definitely beneficial. We missing some electricity at the close, specially down the straights, which manufactured it a lot easier for Daniel to move me, but then we attained back a position from Seb [Vettel] when he had his trouble. General this is a quite beneficial result. The new updates labored definitely nicely, we have been able to force the car and I am definitely happy for the group.”

Jolyon Palmer (DNF): “Heading out at the start out of the race is definitely aggravating. We had a hydraulic leak on the initial lap, which is fairly gutting as I consider we have been in a great position. Eleventh with new tyres, a car that was doing the job definitely nicely with heaps of different solutions on strategy: all was seeking great to get some points. I have had so substantially assist all weekend that it would have been sweet to get them here. All the exact we can see that the car has taken a phase ahead, but we just have to have to appear at trustworthiness now.”

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Sauber

Pascal Wehrlein (seventeenth): “The race did not go as we hoped it would. When the basic safety car arrived out at the starting of the race, we manufactured the decision to total the mandatory pit quit and adjust to medium tyres. I then returned to the pit one particular lap later in purchase to swap to comfortable tyres, with the target to drive on them until the close of the race. However the tyres missing a lot more and a lot more grip, owing to which I had to adjust once more. I hope that we have a much better weekend in Budapest.”

Marcus Ericsson (14th): “It was a relatively great race for me. I maximized the general performance of the car and my lap instances have been respectable, specially throughout the second fifty percent of the race. Of system we want to be larger up and fight for points, but our rate was not aggressive plenty of for that this weekend. We did regulate to make the finest of it – the group did a great job in improving upon the car set-up during our stay in Silverstone. We have to keep pushing now in purchase to have a much better weekend in Budapest.”

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Pirelli

Mario Isola, Head of Auto Racing: “The British Grand Prix contained a sting in the tail for the two Ferrari motorists, with Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen the two regretably going through a tyre issue close to the tricky-fought complete which is a real pity and we will naturally now appear into just why this transpired jointly with the group. The race was operate at an extraordinary rate this calendar year, with the fastest lap becoming nearly 5 seconds more rapidly than the 2016 equal.”

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