That decided the thriller Verstappen vs. Hamilton!

Mercedes: Not yet understood all of the problems

Andrew Shovlin explains after P2 and P6 today: “We understand some of the problems that have cost us a bit of pace here, but there are others that we haven’t understood yet. We have to address that before the rest of the races. We can’t be satisfied that we lost a lot of points in both world championships today. “

“But there is still a long way to go and we found ourselves in a worse position at the beginning of the season and then fought our way back,” he remembers and explains: “Now we have some time to collect ourselves before the triple header and Prepare for the remaining races. It will be crucial to get the most out of the car on the next five tracks. “

Tsunoda: My best race so far

Tsunoda was without points for five races in a row. The Japanese never had to wait that long for points in Formula 1. This series ended with P9 in Austin. “I’m happy – especially because my team-mate unfortunately missed out.” So it was up to him to get points today. He did it. The race today was “a good step”.

And not only that: “I think it was the best race I’ve driven so far this season,” said Tsunoda. Let’s see if he can build on that in Mexico.

Perez was in “survival mode”

Speaking of Perez: It didn’t sound that extreme immediately after the end of the race. Now the Mexican reveals with regard to his cold and the lack of drinking: “I was just in survival mode. […] If I had a bad moment, I would not have been able to control the car anymore. It was without question the longest race of my life. “

Could Perez have stolen the bonus point from Hamilton?

In the end, the world champion took the counter for the fastest lap. Theoretically, Red Bull would have had the opportunity to put Perez on fresh tires again shortly before the end to take the point away from Hamilton. With that, the Mexican would have had to give up P3 – which is why the team ultimately decided against it.

“It would have been brutal to get Checo into the pits and thus off the podium. Because Leclerc was too close,” recalls Christian Horner and explains that it was better for the team overall to leave everything as it is. Because even with regard to the constructors’ championship, one more stop would have given away points.

Speaking of Round 1 …

Sainz, Norris and Ricciardo gave us this gripping battle. Team boss Andreas Seidl praises Ricciardo on ‘Sky’: “I’m really super happy with him. What Daniel showed this weekend was confirmation that things are going in the right direction. I think there is always more that is possible Sure, but today he drove a great race and also withstood the pressure from Carlos throughout the race. “

Stroll against Latifi in turn 1

“Lance was the victim of an awkward maneuver by Latifi in Turn 1,” said Aston Martin team boss Otmar Szafnauer. This means that the Canadian’s race was already over in lap 1. Latifi is not aware of any guilt, however. “One of the Haas cars stuck inside and I knew I was going to get trapped,” said the Williams driver.

“I couldn’t do much because it was too late to slow down,” he says. In the end, nobody got a penalty. But it didn’t matter either, because his race was just as ruined with damage to the front wing as Stroll’s …