I am really happy with our performance today and it was enjoyable, once I crossed the line! Of course, there was a lot of interruption and it was difficult to get a rhythm with the red flags throughout the whole session. This lap is hard to nail and it is not always easy to go on the limit, it is so easy to make a mistake with such unpredictable conditions. I was really happy with how Q1 and Q2 was going and I felt good every time I went out and comfortable with the car. Q3 was such a long wait and difficult to choose the Medium or the Soft tyres and it was all down to the last lap. We ended up on the Soft tyre for the final lap, which wasn’t my favourite and the only new tyre we had. You had to commit, not fully knowing the grip levels out there. However, we nailed the lap and it was a big achievement for us to get Pole. For tomorrow, I was happy with the long runs over this weekend so I am hoping that we can put in a similar positive performance.

Today was my best-ever Qualifying result with the Team and that's a real positive to show that we're heading in the right direction. I'm happy to have kept it clean throughout as it was a really chaotic session with all the stoppages and changing conditions. Driving around Baku is always different, just a few millimetres can make the difference and the risk of yellow and red flags is always there. We also had the wind to contend with which added something else to overcome. From Q1, I made every lap count and managed to stay competitive which was a real positive. For the final lap in Q3 I wasn't able to get a reference lap which made it tricky to put it all together, but I can still be happy with P6. Myself and the Team have been working so hard to improve the performance and the changes we've made to the car have definitely helped us. I’ve also put in a lot of hard work on the sim, which we’re hopefully starting to see the results of. I’m looking forward to battling hard tomorrow, the long runs in practice were promising so we want to capitalise on the great work we’ve put in so far this weekend.

It's obviously been a great day. It was one of the most crazy Qualifying sessions I've been in, but we did the right thing by playing it safe to maximise laps. When it's windy, it's arguably more tricky than rain, because you don't know where it's coming from. It was changing from lap to lap, but we committed and I feel super happy that everything came together for a strong Quali result. It's going to be a hard race tomorrow, but it's a great position to start in. We're well aware of the guys who we're racing around us, but we'll work hard as a team and fight to keep position.

It was really tricky out there today, but a great result for the team. We managed the whole session perfectly until the final corner of the final lap, where I went a bit too hard over the curb and lost eight-tenths. The main focus was keeping it on track while pushing to the absolute limit. The car felt incredibly fast, and I wanted to head back out after the red flag for another shot, but I made a mistake. We’re still in a good position to score points tomorrow, even though we were hoping for a bit more. It’s all to play for.