#hi have two more paragraphs of text bc I'm feeling sentimental about things ending...

[f1-stuff]

Abu Dhabi GP '24 // P2 in Race

"It's been kind of the race that we were expecting, except for Oscar, obviously, being a bit out of the race so early on. And that gave us a bit of hope, with a strong lap from Charles to get in the mix straight away... We were within reach in the first stint. That was something, honestly, yesterday I didn't expect... But as soon as we put the hard tyres, then [McLaren] came back to being dominant... In the end, they deserve this championship, so congratulations to them, and happy to put on a fight until the last race... Particularly proud of this last season with Ferrari. I think when you see the position that I was put in at the beginning of the year with the news, how easy it would've been to get demotivated, to let myself go a bit through the year, and lack that extra bit of determination... So, happy that my strongest season came in that last one, and particularly proud of helping Ferrari to fight for this championship. We fell short, but I think we couldn't have done much more..."