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Nicholas Latifi:
"It was a different kind of day, and a different kind of track to what
we are used to.It was pretty hectic out there, 20 cars sharing this
short track made it difficult to focus on your own programme, get clean
laps in and try to not disturb anyone else. We have some work to do on
both low and high fuel, but we are thereabouts with our competitors Haas
and Alfa, which is always the target. The new section is very bumpy, it
will create something different for sure which I think is what F1 wanted
to achieve. I hope it makes it exciting and brings opportunities that we
are all hoping for. It has definitely created a challenge to set up the
car, so we will try and nail that down tomorrow." |
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Jack Aitken:
"Today was pretty cool and I got lots of laps under my belt. We spent
the first few laps
in FP1 refreshing what I did during FP1 in Austria, so it was all pretty
familiar, and I got up to speed quickly. There is some work to be done
on our one lap pace, but the race form was encouraging so I am pretty
happy. We built some solid foundations today, so I am looking forward to
getting into qualifying. It will be tough tomorrow in qualifying;
keeping your wits about you and being aware and hopefully we can be on
the right side of things." |
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Dave Robson, Senior Race Engineer:
"It has been a fun evening getting to grips with the new Sakhir layout.
The new corners are a bit bumpy in places, but they add to the character
of the circuit and give the drivers a new challenge. The wind direction
was quite different to last week and so even the corners that are shared
with the traditional Grand Prix circuit were a little different today.
However, both drivers settled down to the job very well and, following a
tricky FP1 session, had very
productive FP2 sessions. Jack has driven very well and although he
damaged his second set of tyres in FP1, he was still able to complete
some useful operational practice at the end of the session. His FP2
session was very good as he completed his qualifying programme before
getting stuck into the high fuel race runs.
He was able to get a good idea of what will be required in the race on
Sunday and his rate of learning was excellent. Nicholas meanwhile has
happily and competently taken on the role of team leader and completed
some very good running during the night session. He was able to
consolidate his experience of the tyres from last weekend and quickly
adapt it to the nuances of driving the Outer Loop at night. As always,
we have a lot to get through tonight but we’re sure that we can improve
the car further ready for qualifying tomorrow. We also understand that
George Russell had a good day and we wish him well for the rest of the
weekend." |
