Winner, Charles Leclerc, Ferrari
“What a great victory this was for us! We managed our pace well and were extremely competitive. We didn’t suffer from tyre degradation, even when pushing hard.
“The car was just amazing and I’m very pleased with how my race went. On paper, this was a track that we expected to be tough for us, so we have to review our data because we were in fact very strong.
“It’s a great way to start the season, but we have to keep in mind that we are only three races into a very long championship.
“We can’t afford to relax at any moment and have to stay on top of things, most of all on development. Congratulations to everyone on our team. What an amazing job you have all done!
“I’m very proud of how far we’ve come and can’t wait to continue fighting. Forza Ferrari!”
P2, Sergio Perez, Red Bull
“It was a good result but, unfortunately, we lost Max and it would have been great to have a double podium for the Team. On the other hand, it is a good result after so many unlucky moments in the first couple of races for me.
“It was a very complicated race with the start I had and the safety cars but we managed to overcome it. My first start was very poor, we struggled a lot with degradation on the medium tyre, we were a bit unlucky with the safety car and we lost two positions which we recovered later.
“We got a few things wrong across the weekend and we were battling more with Mercedes than Ferrari so the pace wasn’t where we want it to be, but we will work on it.
“There is some good analysis to be done from this weekend because yesterday we were close for pole but in the race we were a bit too far off the pace.
“The fastest guys out there are Ferrari, we want to be up there fighting with them and today that wasn’t the case. If we can improve the car a little, then we can be more confident.”
P3, George Russell, Mercedes
“You’ve got to be in it to win it and capitalise from other’s misfortune, and the guys at Brackley and Brixworth have been working so hard on giving us a reliable car.
“We got a little bit lucky today, probably twice, but we take it. There’s so much hard work going on back at base to try and get us back at the front so to be standing on the podium today is special a reward for all their hard work. We’re never going to give up, we’ve got to keep on fighting.
“This weekend we were a long way behind our rivals but here we are standing on the podium.
“We’ve got to keep this up while we are on the back foot, maximise our points opportunities and I am sure we will get there after a few more races.”
P4, Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes
“It’s a great result for us as a team, honestly. This weekend we have had so many difficult moments with the car and to get fifth and sixth in qualifying, to have progressed like we have, with the reliability we have, is amazing.
“We definitely didn’t expect to be third and fourth today. George did a great job – I got to see a bit of the battle of him racing Perez and I wish could have been in it but nonetheless, we’ll take these points and keep pushing.
“I couldn’t fight for third because the engine was overheating so I had to back off and sit behind, but we bagged as many points we could as a team and that’s great.”
P5, Lando Norris, McLaren
“A decent race. We didn’t have the best of first laps but I think by the end we were still in good positions for us as a team, and we couldn’t have done a lot more.
“I think Mercedes had much better pace than us today, so we’re happy with where we ended up.
“Good points for us, a great pit-stop and good progress from the team.
“We’ll take what we’ve learned today and try to carry it with us into the next few races.”
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