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Alex Albon:
"It’s definitely a shame as I felt like today was a chance to maybe
score some points. I actually had a very good start and was really
pleased with it but then with the visibility being so poor, I couldn’t
see the car next to me; I couldn’t even see the track. I had a light
touch with Kevin [Magnussen] but where we hit it touched the radiator,
we lost water pressure and it was leaking, so we had to stop the car. It
was extremely dangerous out there and so bad in terms of visibility, in
fact it’s the worst I’ve ever experienced in my career so far. We are
driving over 200kph in that weather and, whatever you are seeing on
external or onboard cameras, it’s a hundred times worse from the
cockpit." |
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Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance:
"Today
was hectic and enjoyable, and in the end provided a very good race.
Track conditions were fine at the initial race start but the visibility
made it incredibly difficult for all but the leader. Both Alex and
Nicholas had excellent starts and made places initially but were unable
to capitalise fully due to poor visibility at T1. Alex was unfortunate
to suffer contact from the Haas, which damaged the radiator and forced
him to retire.
When the race finally restarted, Nicky did an excellent job in tricky
conditions. He was part of the decision to make the early switch to
intermediates and this paid handsomely as he soon got into a potential
points scoring position. Although Russell was able to overtake, Nicky
had the measure of the McLarens and managed his car really well to
collect his first points of the season.
It was great to be back in Suzuka to race at this superb circuit. As a
team we had some ups and downs over the course of the weekend, but we
fought hard today and gave both drivers a good package for the
conditions. It's disappointing that Alex was prevented from capitalising
but great for Nicky and his team to score some points." |
