F1 | Mercedes, Toto Wolff: “We respect the commissioners' decisions”
"In the past, however, other teams have been given permission to repair damaged wings on the track," said the team principal, taking a dig at Red Bull
IN EVIDENCE
F1 | Red Bull, Christian Horner: “Let's keep our heads down, anything can still happen”
"The speed of the Mercedes is not a surprise, but we will try" said the team principal
F1 | Alfa Romeo, Antonio Giovinazzi: “I tried to avoid contact with Kimi”
"There was really nothing I could do" said the Apulian at the end of the Sprint Race, which ended in thirteenth position
F1 | AlphaTauri, Yuki Tsunoda: “I'm not satisfied”
The Japanese, twelfth at the start, immediately lost positions at the start with no possibility of recovery
F1 | AlphaTauri, Pierre Gasly: “I didn't have the pace to recover”
"The start was terrible, it wasn't what we expected" revealed the Frenchman
F1 | Alpine, Esteban Ocon: “Promising Sprint Race”
Alpine diversifies its strategies and the Frenchman, on the soft tyre, recovers positions at the start, going from eleventh to ninth position
F1 | Alpine, Fernando Alonso loses positions: "We have chosen to diversify our strategies"
"The average wasn't ideal for the start, but Hamilton's comeback demonstrates the goodness of this format" said the Asturian
F1 | Red Bull, Sergio Perez remains behind Sainz: "I couldn't risk more"
"We thought we would keep them behind, but instead it was very hard to overtake them" said the Mexican
F1 | Red Bull, Max Verstappen: “I couldn't do more”
"As soon as I saw that Valtteri had chosen the soft I knew it would be tough" revealed the Dutchman
F1 | Mercedes, Valtteri Bottas is on pole: "We knew that the soft would give us an advantage"
"The strategy worked, even if resisting Max's attacks was complicated" added the Finn
F1 | Mercedes, great comeback for Lewis Hamilton: "I didn't know what to expect, but I never give up"
"It was tough, I didn't know where we could get to" revealed the seven-time world champion
F1 | Alfa Romeo, a block stops Antonio Giovinazzi in fifteenth position
"I no longer had sets of soft tires available and I knew it was over" added the Apulian
F1 | Red Bull, Christian Horner: “We knew we couldn't do more”
"I believe that the new Mercedes Power Unit has more horsepower" added the team principal
F1 | AlphaTauri, Yuki Tsunoda stops in Q2 at Interlagos
"It's a shame, I'll try to recover positions in the Sprint Race Qualifying"
F1 | Alpine, Esteban Ocon is eleventh: “We are one step away from the points”
"We will have opportunities in the Sprint Qualifying to recover positions" added the Frenchman
F1 | Alpine, Fernando Alonso: “I will be aggressive in Sprint Qualifying”
"We had already reached the limit in Q2" said the Asturian, tenth in Q3
F1 | Red Bull, Sergio Perez: “Conditions not ideal in Q3”
"Lewis was untouchable today, but we'll see what happens tomorrow" added the Mexican, fourth
F1 | Red Bull, Max Verstappen is second: “I'm not surprised”
"You have to be realistic, with a new PU I knew they would have more power" said the Dutchman
F1 | AlphaTauri, more confirmations from Pierre Gasly: “What an incredible lap!”
The Frenchman places himself once again behind the two top teams: "Fantastic work by the team"
