In the end, P3 was a good result for us as our first run in Q3 was a bit difficult. I couldn’t find the same grip as I had before so, going into the final lap, getting our references were a bit difficult. The positive is that the car was a lot nicer to drive and in a decent window but we couldn’t really extract any more out of it and match the McLarens’ pace. We were just not fast enough out there: the gap to McLaren is quite big at the moment which will make things difficult to gain places tomorrow and we will just need to do our own race. Today, I didn’t expect to be any closer and we did a good job putting it in P3. We will try our best tomorrow and see what we can do with the car and hopefully we can target a podium. It will be difficult but doesn’t mean we won’t try.

Since FP1 this weekend something has felt off, and it’s a pretty tough result as we’ve tried everything. We’ve struggled with grip issues and the feeling of the car eating through the tyres all weekend. We tried to solve the issue as much as possible but I don’t think we were able to cure it. We’ve tried multiple setups this weekend and it’s strange because my lap today at the end of Q1 was pretty clean. It’s a shame that there were no results today and the pace didn’t match when I was feeling more confident in the car. The positive to take away is that we’ve built more consistency throughout the weekend and have made no big mistakes. I will try my best as always for tomorrow to bring back some points, and luckily Barcelona is a track that you can overtake on.

I’m really happy with today’s result. It feels great to make it into Q3 again, that was almost the best we could have hoped for. At one point, we were worried we might not even make it out of Q1, so we can be proud of the job we did. The car felt good and kept improving with every lap. We made the right changes at the right time, and everything came together perfectly. Things are looking promising for tomorrow. I’m confident heading into the race, it will come down to true pace and managing either a one or two-stop strategy. If we nail the start, we’ll be in the fight for points.

It was a good start to Quali. We were always chasing balance throughout the session, but the speed was strong. The car felt really good and I thought we had a great final lap in Q2, so we'll be reviewing it as a team ahead of tomorrow, particularly given this was the first time the car lacked speed during the weekend. There are opportunities for overtaking here, so as always we'll be pushing for points.