It was unfortunate not to be able to finish the final lap in Q3. During my first lap I made a mistake at turn 19 and on my second lap, we were purple in the first sector but unfortunately there was a yellow flag. This happens sometimes in racing and you can’t control these things. I was still really happy with our performance and we were really there to fight for pole which was very positive! We brought upgrades to the car this week which has made it faster and better to drive so hopefully this all works for tomorrow. We have been strong in the weekend so far and it was great to win the Sprint race. We learnt a lot from this and if we can replicate what we did in the Sprint I will be very confident for tomorrow. There are small gaps between teams so I expect that it will be very competitive and I need a good result tomorrow. The most important thing is that we are competitive again and the car is feeling better and hopefully we will be able to fight for the win tomorrow.

We were lacking a bit of pace in the Sprint, so we will review things to see where we can improve for the race tomorrow. We made some changes to the car ahead of qualifying to improve the balance and it felt in a lot better window. We found a lot of pace and rhythm, and everything was going in the right direction. I went P5 in Q2 and things were coming back to us, but it was just then very unfortunate. We saved the new tyre until the end of Q3 and with the yellow flag we were not able to get the lap in, it had looked so promising, so it was a real shame. It is going to be a tricky one tomorrow with all the traffic ahead but if I am able to move quickly through, I think we should be able to fight the cars ahead early enough to do something.

It was a good team effort today. This morning was a tough Sprint; I surely enjoyed a hectic battle out there and had some fun, but unfortunately, we didn’t have much pace and I had to fight hard with the other cars to try and minimize the damage. I was pretty frustrated going backward throughout the race, as we started close to the points zone and maybe there was an opportunity to score points today. Unluckily, this afternoon we didn’t make it into Q3, it’s a shame because in the end we were pretty close to getting P10, but overall, we’re still in a good place to start the race tomorrow. Thanks to Liam for giving me the slipstream, he did a good job and helped me during my laps. We made a lot of changes after the Sprint, so for sure we got some good data to look at, given we also had some differences across the cars. It’s been an up-and-down weekend until now, we learned some things between today’s sessions and there’s also some learning for the future. I’m sure it’s going to be a tough race tomorrow, but we’ll do our best to try and score points gaining some positions after the start.

Q1 pace was very strong for us, we made some positive changes to the car from yesterday and it’s great to have that performance. The focus was to get through to Q1 and then help get Yuki into Q3, slip streaming him down the straights. The second lap worked quite well, but it just wasn’t enough, which was a shame because he was so close. It's probably going to be a tricky race, it’s difficult to overtake despite the long DRS zones, you need a clear pace advantage, especially if it’s a DRS train. Anything is possible and there’s lots of positives to take into tomorrow, but it’s going to be tough to get points. I’m very happy but very gutted to have a car that strong and have to take the penalty but we’re going to have to try and make the most of it and just take away as much as we can for the next few races.