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The good thing that we take away is that we were in a good position when we had some PU issues, but we still have to find out what it is.
The aim today was to have both cars finish the race inside the points and we've been able to achieve that.
In all likelihood, this would have been a one-stop race, but the opportunities presented by the virtual safety cars for pit stops with minimal time loss were too good for several of the teams to ignore.
This is where we are at the moment - not as quick as the front runners but clear of the midfield.
Sebastian capped a solid weekend with a good drive to sixth place, thereby scoring eight valuable points.
We have been able to close the gap to sixth place in the Constructors' Championship and the target is to confirm this good form in Canada next week.
To paraphrase Lady Bracknell, to lose one power unit may be regarded as misfortune, to lose four looks like carelessness, as Ferrari suffers first double DNF of the season, and Max Verstappen heads a Red Bull 1-2.
Speaking in Baku, McLaren's Andreas Seidl had admitted that he expects his team to exceed this year's $140m budget cap.
Mattia Binotto has admitted his unease following the appointment of a former Mercedes employee to the interim roles of secretary general for sport and F1 executive director.
Mercedes driver George Russell has repeated his call for the sport's powers that be to consider changing the rules as he fears porpoising phenomenon will lead to a "major incident".