The pace of the car was also encouraging. We have shown that we can compete around the top ten, and Nico’s race in particular demonstrated that, fighting well through the field and making overtakes on some quick cars to finish just outside the points. It underlines the underlying potential of the package. Gabriel had a strong weekend, but today we didn’t put him in the conditions to express all his potential: he would have probably been up there on the cusp of the points with Nico, based on the good job he did yesterday and in practice.

At the same time, there are clear areas where we need to improve. Our start performance is not yet where it needs to be, and we lost significant ground on the opening lap, which ultimately nullified the good work done yesterday and compromised the race for both drivers. More broadly, drivability and energy management remain key areas of focus. As a young package, which is what we are, we still have a lot to learn and refine.

We now have some time ahead of us to analyse the data and continue developing the car. While we did not achieve the points we were targeting, there are solid foundations in place, and our focus is on coming back stronger in the next phase of the season.

These cars are still quite tricky to race with the current energy management and overtaking dynamics. Moves can be made, but you end up vulnerable immediately after, so it’s a bit of a trade-off at the moment.

On the positive side, it was valuable to complete the race and gather a lot of data. There’s plenty for us to look at and improve, and with a month until Miami, we have time to analyse everything and come back stronger.

What mainly affected us today, unfortunately, was the start: we've been knowing since the first race of the season it's something we need to work on, to try and put things back in place and not compromise the job we do on Saturday.

“Now, with almost five weeks away from racing, we'll keep our head down and make the most out of this time to work together across our bases and improve our car in order to come back in Miami in May in a better place."

“The margins are tight, and overall, we should be pleased with the result. Looking ahead to tomorrow, our focus will be on the start. Overtaking is particularly challenging at this track, so executing our race well will be key. Each race this year is a new experience for us and an opportunity to learn, so we'll focus on our performance and see what we can achieve.”

"It looks like we’ll be fighting around the edge of the top ten with a few other teams, so it should be an interesting race. The goal now is to stay clean, execute well and try to move forward tomorrow.”

"Tomorrow is a different day, clearly, but I am confident we can be in the mix. We have a couple of cars ahead that we know we can fight with on pace, and we’ll give it our best.”

"I would like to say a big thank you to everyone for the effort and hard work. We still managed to get some laps in and gather useful insight, so we’ll take that and keep building from here, with one final practice session tomorrow before heading into Qualifying.”