Today's post-race press conference with Max Verstappen, Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris.
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In a race that was very prescriptive and sub optimal to the fastest race, Max drove well and very controlled, trying to manage the tyres.
Since Singapore, we have been on a positive trend with our car performance, both in qualifying and the race, but here in Doha, we didn't manage to achieve the same.
We were probably expecting a little bit more today, but we were never quite able to find Alex the free air he needed to make really good progress.
This was a very demanding weekend on many fronts, which ended with a race that, given the circumstances, was interesting and closely contested.
We scored important points today, but it was not an easy race with the intense heat and tyre strategies available to us.
We can't be satisfied with how things went this weekend, because we have lost points to our closest rival and we were unable to get Carlos to the grid.
The end of this spec car ended worse than it started, so we're thankful to see the end of it.