Lewis Hamilton (2nd): “I was struggling at the beginning of the race and wasn’t sure whether I’d be able to catch up so I’m happy I was able to recover from P7. Carlos Sainz (4th): “Today was a tough day for the whole team. The Hard didn’t work for us, I could just never really get it working. After that, we concentrated mostly on our race pace and we wanted to make the one-stop strategy work on the Hard tyres. When the 2nd half of the season starts in a few weeks’ time the races come quickly, starting in Belgium. Guenther Steiner, Team Principal: “It was a difficult race today for us. It was the same for Mick, the C2 just wasn’t working, we didn’t get it to work, and we ended up where we ended up.

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