"Congratulations as well to Kimi Antonelli on a commanding performance to secure his first Grand Prix victory, which is a special moment for him. On our side, it was unfortunately a difficult day for Gabi. I would like to apologise on behalf of the team for the issue that resulted in him being unable to start the race. It must be extremely disappointing for him, and it is something we need to understand quickly and address as a team."

"Nico’s race was also challenging. We know that getting the car off the line is still an area we need to improve, and we lost several places at the start. From there, Nico drove a strong race and showed excellent pace and energy management. Unfortunately, a wheelgun failure resulted in a 16-second pitstop, which effectively took him out of contention for the points.

There is a lot for us to review and improve as we head towards Japan. The team will regroup, learn from the weekend and focus on coming back stronger at the next race."

"I think this race offered a lot of opportunities: many cars didn’t start or finish, so there was probably a chance for us to score points today. While this was obviously frustrating, it's something that can happen at the beginning of a new era of regulations.

There are still some positives to take from these first two races: Melbourne was amazing and here in Shanghai, the weekend was going well up until the race; we were fighting for good positions and had decent pace. Now, with a week’s break before Japan, we'll be back in the factory working hard with the team and finding more performance in our car for the next race."

"It was also great to see Emma deliver a confident drive in the first F1 Academy race of 2026. Starting the race from P6, she carried out some great overtaking manoeuvres on her way to P3 and her first podium of the year."

Qualifying was reasonably straightforward, Nico maximised what was available from the car, delivering another solid performance to P11.

Gabi was on a good final lap but just pushed a little bit too hard in the final corner, ending up in the gravel.

Overall, a clean session for the team and our focus now moves to the race."

"These cars are still quite new for us, so there’s a lot of information to take in after every session. We’ll go through everything tonight and fight hard tomorrow."

"… but the Safety Car didn't make things easier – in any case, our focus was already set on Qualifying.

Towards the end of Q2, I was trying to extract a little bit more lap time and probably pushed a bit too hard on the entry. I lost the rear and when I caught it, it was already too late, so I ended up spinning.

It probably would have been tough to reach Q3 anyway: the lap was okay, but not quite what you need to get there."

"It’s not the position I’d like to start from, but tomorrow is a different story. We’ll start from where we are, focus on our pace, and try to do some overtakes."

"With these new and very complex cars, arriving at a new circuit means you are constantly learning more about the package — understanding where the performance is and where improvements are needed, lap after lap.

Considering those challenges, I think the team did a good job between FP1 and sprint qualifying to address the main areas where we could extract performance from the car, and the result was a fair reflection of our pace today."

"There are still some issues the drivers have been highlighting since the winter, which remain a focus for us as we continue to develop the car. On Nico’s side we briefly lost communication during SQ2, but the team was able to resolve that issue once the car returned to the garage.”