F1 | Renault, Hulkenberg: “I want to have a good race”

The French team concluded the qualification for the Spa Grand Prix with the fifteenth time of Nico Hulkenber, followed by his teammate, Carlos Sainz.

Nico Hulkenberg: “The one lap I did today was more or less normal, so the car performed well. Q3 looked exciting and it would have been nice to be involved, but with the engine penalty it was logical for us to skip the rest of qualifying to save the engine because it needs to go a long way. We have to be realistic for tomorrow and it won't be easy to get into the points. That said, overtaking is possible here and our top speed has been competitive so far this weekend, so I want to have a good race and have some fun; I hope there will be a nice reward in the end.".

Carlos Sainz: “Qualifying didn't go as planned. We are looking into what happened with the car because it wasn't behaving normally, it was strange because I had a lot of oversteer, which I didn't have all weekend. The car went well yesterday and this morning, then suddenly in qualifying it wasn't like that. It's hard to understand, and we'll look at the data to understand why. It's a circuit where overtaking is possible, so obviously tomorrow is another day and we'll try to get to the points.".