First of all, the most important thing is that Yuki is okay, so that is good, especially after a crash like that happens. Today, to get P2 it was overall a good result and I think we improved a lot from yesterday. The car was a lot nicer to drive and we did some good work overnight and made positive developments. I am pretty happy with the balance of the car and we put it in a much better window and saw it really come alive. The tyres overheated a bit more than we would like; it was the first time with this tyre and they were a bit too soft for us which impacted our performance a bit. As we went faster, the more they overheated so we couldn’t optimise the performance of the car as much as we would have liked. However, it was a good start and I am pleased to be starting on the front row tomorrow. The race will be a different story as McLaren’s advantage is in the race on the long runs and they are good at keeping the tyres under control. We will see where we are with the pace but we will just focus on ourselves. We will aim to extract the most that we can out of the car and hopefully come away with a good result.

Thankfully, I am physically okay and feel fine. We made quite a lot of changes to the car from FP3 to Qualifying, I just overdid it and pushed too hard on the lap and took too much curb and lost the car. It is frustrating and unfortunately was a stupid mistake that has caused big work and effort for the mechanics. The car felt quick before and I know what went wrong and it's just an unfortunate situation to be in. Big apologies to the team, and we will look at the damage and hopefully the car will be good for tomorrow in the race.

It was a good day today until my last lap in Qualifying. I don’t know why I lost the car in Turn 3 as it didn’t seem I took much kerb. It’s really frustrating not having the possibility to do that last push lap, as I had one new set of soft tyres left and I felt there was more to come in a car that has been awesome and always nice to drive this weekend. I have a nice feeling around this track and I think P5 was definitely possible today. Looking at tomorrow, I’m sure we’ll have to fight a bit, but the target is to get some points. The race pace looks pretty good, but it’s one of those tracks where it’s difficult to overtake, so it will be important to get a good start and then make it pay off with the right strategy call. I’m really happy with the team’s progress, and I wish I could have brought home a better result today, but we’ll keep working tonight to find the last few details ahead of the race.

Not getting to do the last lap was a shame. We unfortunately missed out due to the red flag and it ruined our Qualifying. We did one run with a compromised out lap and we never got the opportunity to go again, it’s just one of those sessions. It’s one of the toughest Qualis, when you put the car on the limit there is no run off and if you go over it there is a price to pay, which we saw today with Yuki, I’m glad he’s okay. This track is so exciting it raises the heart rate, it’s exciting for us to drive but it’s a compromised race now as it’s a hard track to overtake on. A straight forward strategy will be hard, we will try and make something happen but it’s going to be a tough race.