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Nicholas Latifi:
"It’s great to be back behind the wheel at such a great track to drive a
Formula One car. It’s been a bit of a disrupted day with the mixed
conditions, so I think we still have some more pace to find. I’m happy
with our low fuel pace, but it was harder to gauge high fuel with the
red flags interrupting the session, although everyone will be in a
similar position with that. We have some work to do overnight and the
unpredictable weather can make decisions more challenging. I don’t
particularly mind what the weather brings tomorrow, this track is always
fun in dry conditions, but the rain provides more opportunities which we
need to make the most of." |
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George Russell:
"I am happy to be back; it has been four weeks since I last drove
and so it was great to get straight back into it. I think we have been
very fortunate today with the weather, we got the driest parts of the
day in both sessions which has been good for us and for the fans.
Keeping the tyre temperatures alive and maintaining confidence in the
wet parts of the track is going to be really tricky if we continue to
get mixed conditions.
We have a lot to improve overnight as I think we are a little off the
pace, but we have some ideas up our sleeves and so we’ll work through
those. There is always a compromise and never anything that will just
give you performance, so there will be some interesting conversations to
see which direction we will go." |
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Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance:
"Although it was cool and cloudy all day, the practice sessions
were mostly dry and the biggest limitation to the day’s running were the
red flags late in FP2. These disruptions meant that a lot of teams
didn’t do much high fuel running during the day.
We got through most of our programme and both drivers were reasonably
happy during the day. Understanding the compromises that need to be made
to get the best overall lap time is often the biggest challenge at this
circuit and although we haven’t got it quite right yet, we know what we
need to do tonight to get the right balance.
The weather looks likely to play its part over the next couple of days
with both qualifying and the race susceptible to rain. We will be
looking to take advantage of any opportunity which that presents." |
