This was just not our weekend.
Today is my birthday and the crew surprised me with a cake. But this was not the best present I got from the team. That was the new car, which felt good on the track. I did a few runs in the afternoon and everything went well.
I think we can go to Brazil feeling very optimistic,
There was much less grip out there today than we had at the test, which can be seen from the lap times ? we are more than a second slower than last week. That meant the car was a bit tricky to drive, but we can fix that tomorrow morning. Overall, I think McLaren probably have the advantage over us ? but we are where we expected to be.
I am a bit disappointed for that especially considering that I was pretty happy with my qualifying lap. But I have a good speed and I have a good potential to recover some positions.
I am a little bit disappointed but I did my best and it was a good day for us because we took over the lead on the constructors championship,
I don`t really understand what happened.
I was quite conservative, never pushed to the limit except at the end when Rubens was catching me.
There was some possibility to keep the same engine but unfortunately at the end they decided to change it,
Maybe we are not as quick as McLaren still, but I definitely think we can be closer than in recent races.