McLaren’s Norris: “I think we have decent pace”
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It was a positive day for McLaren in Friday practice, overshadowed only by Lando Norris’ grid penalty for not obeying yellow flags.
It was a mixed day for the Mercedes drivers in the first two practice sessions for the Styrian Grand Prix, with Valtteri Bottas putting competitive times on the board while Lewis Hamilton suffered a lack of pace.
Renault’s chief race engineer Ciaron Pilbeam is confident the team are well prepared ahead of the Styrian Grand Prix, as much of their usual preparation was done for Austria last week.
Renault’s Esteban Ocon is determined to put in an even stronger performance this weekend in the Styrian Grand Prix than the one that secured him eighth place in the season-opener last week.
Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo is keen to “capitalise on any opportunity” to score points when the team return to the Red Bull Ring for the Styrian Grand Prix this weekend.
Haas’ Romain Grosjean is confident the team will be able to rectify their disappointment of a double DNF in the Austrian Grand Prix when they return to Spielberg for the Styrian Grand Prix.
Haas’ team principal Guenther Steiner has said the team need to keep working hard if they are going to achieve a result this weekend.
Haas driver Kevin Magnussen is hopeful he will be able to bring home a result in the Styrian Grand Prix this weekend after he showed strong race pace at the Red Bull Ring last week.
Renault team principal Cyril Abiteboul was pleased with what the team were able to achieve at the Red Bull Ring this weekend, but says they need to find a way of managing their issues with reliability.
Renault’s Esteban Ocon is happy to have secured a points finish in the first race of the 2020 season in Austria.
Mercedes’ chief race engineer Andrew Shovlin has said that despite securing a good result in the first race of the season in Austria, the team still have work to do in order to fix reliability problems with the car.
It was a disappointing start to the 2020 season for Daniel Ricciardo as he was forced to retire due to an issue with his car’s cooling system.
Mercedes’ team principal Toto Wolff thinks that the Austrian Grand Prix was a great start to the 2020 F1 season from a fan point of view, although it presented some difficulties for the team.
Lewis Hamilton felt his start to the 2020 Formula 1 season could have been better after he received two penalties which cost him a podium finish.
Bottas - "When the Safety Car came out the last time, I was thinking 'Come on! Again!?'"
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Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas is delighted to have taken his first victory of the 2020 Formula 1 season in Austria.
Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda is hoping to move up the field after ending qualifying just outside of the top ten.
Russian driver Sergey Sirotkin has extended his partnership with Renault, acting as their reserve driver for this season.
