“Today’s Qualifying offered up tricky conditions for everyone, with Red and Yellow Flags, windy conditions, and rain at times. P7 and P9 is not the result we expected based on the potential available in the car. Oscar locked the tyre in braking and ended up in the wall, after a strong start to the lap. Lando’s final and decisive lap in Q3 was in line for a much higher position, but he made contact with the wall in T15 and lost a lot of time.
“The team will work hard to repair Oscar’s car ahead of what is expected to be a busy and tricky race tomorrow. We will now shift our focus to the race where we want to fight for a podium finish and earn valuable points. We look forward to the challenge.”