Overall it has been a very good Qualifying for us on this track which has not always been the kindest to us. Second is a really good result for us and I am very happy with the overall result and that we are on the front row. It could have been super close; George was very fast and we were fighting for Pole but what happened in the final sector was unfortunate and basically cost me the lap. In general, I think we can be pleased with the result so far and we have done a really good job with the set-up of the car. Normally on high downforce tracks we aren’t as good so this is a great result for us. The car has been in a better window and we have been good with the tyres and have been very solid all weekend. Hopefully the car has good race pace tomorrow, it is a long race around here and we will do our best and get as many points as we can.

Quali today was not my session, I really struggled with the grip overall and it didn’t improve much from Q1 to Q2. I actually felt like the grip was worse today in comparison to FP1 and FP2 yesterday where I didn’t really feel it, it’s a shame as I don’t think it should be this difficult. On the positive side our pace is definitely better than it was before Baku so there is improvement there at least. My confidence is still there but I would like some more consistency from the car, I just felt like the tyres never really switched on today. Tomorrow is new day and although it is a shame that I have to start quite far back, I am hopeful that we can score points, that is at least my aim.

It was frustrating out there today. It’s nice that we finished again in Q3, but at the same time, we wasted the potential that was there. It was also the first time we made it to Q3 saving two new sets of Softs. I was pushing hard during my last lap in Qualifying and I felt like I was going for a special lap, but unfortunately, I made a mistake in turn 8, so I can only be annoyed at myself as the car worked really well. Looking at tomorrow, we’ll be starting P8 which sadly is on the dirty side of the grid. There are really fast cars ahead of us and overtaking is quite difficult on this track, but we’ll try our best to fight and bring home some points.

The team have done an amazing job to get the car ready in time for Qualifying, I can't thank them enough. I made it very difficult for myself by missing laps across two practices, however through Qualifying things were looking okay. I drove slower on the new tyre than I did on the used at the end, so it's something we'll need to look into. The car has felt fast, but it will be pretty tough to overtake tomorrow, so I'll continue to work super hard to pull everything together for the race.