Max Verstappen: "We tried a lot of things on the car but unfortunately in Qualifying it just didn't really come together.

"It wasn't for lack of trying: in some areas we had improved and in some it was worse which overall just made it very difficult to drive. Unfortunately, the balance was unpredictable and we couldn't push and were sliding a lot more, which on a track like this isn't good. We just had no grip and not enough pace and the weekend hasn't really been that good for us. For the long runs tomorrow, it is very difficult to say but I'm not expecting it to be miles better than the one lap pace and it will be difficult to overtake. I'll try to do the best I can, I think it will be quite spicy with the cars ahead and it will be warm and tough on tyres. The most important thing will be to stay out of trouble as it is a very long race. We will try to do the best that we can and maximise everything possible."

Yuki Tsunoda: "As it's been for most of the season the gap between Q2 and Q3 has been so tight, so it's unfortunate to be on the other end and miss out by such a small margin. I've felt good in the car this weekend, but we just didn't have the grip in Qualifying that we had hoped for, and in a field like this you sometimes lose out. I had a clean session and I always try and take the positives as tomorrow will bring new opportunities where the long run has seemed good. I stayed close to Max's delta and that's a good sign as that's always been the target for me in this Team. I'll start P10, so with maximum focus from the start we can try and push through and score some good points for the Constructors' as we're still in that fight for P2."

Laurent Mekies: "It is fair to say we didn't quite manage to put the car in the sweet spot so far this weekend. Certainty with Max, you have heard he has been very vocal that he has not been able to push in the way he likes. We tried many things, but we couldn't quite find a way to give him a car he could push with. With the level of the competition around you, then you pay the price straight away if you are not in your window. A lot of our attention overnight went on trying to see if we could improve the race pace and we committed time to that in the session this morning. If this is what has exposed us in the short run today, it is difficult to say right now, we will get the answer after the race. It is all part of the game, we learn and it is still a very long race to go tomorrow. All our competitors are around us, a lot can happen here and I am sure it won't be a boring race! Yuki had similar struggles to Max and couldn't quite get the grip, which meant his Qualifying didn't quite come together, but he starts in P10 tomorrow and can still play a pivotal part in the fight for us and pick up strong points."

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