“I was a bit disappointed to miss out on Q3 yesterday, but we knew it would be much better to start on different tyres than the softs, and it was. I didn’t have the best start, but, luckily, I didn’t lose too much on the straight and I was able to fight back in the next few corners. We were in a strong position after the start, because of the hard tyres, but I had to hold back Hülkenberg the whole race. For most of the afternoon, it was a great battle with the Renaults. In the end, I was able to catch up with the cars in front. The last few laps were very intense, I had a lot of fun. It’s really good that we were able to compete against other cars in the midfield. We had the speed and we got a good result in the end.”

Qualifying: 12th

Race: 7th