We thought we had a sniff at the victory with Lewis and he put in a brilliant charge in the final laps, but in the end it wasn't enough.
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It was difficult today with the hot track and gusty conditions making the tyre management difficult.
In summary, it's a race to forget for us. Pretty much everything that could go wrong did go wrong.
The team would have deserved at least a point after a good race, and it's obviously disappointing to see it slip from our hands so close to the chequered flag.
Overall, the package has shown a good level of performance here in Austin, so the objective is to continue this form and keep the pressure on for fifth in the championship.
A solitary point was scant reward for a fine drive, but our strategists made the right call to go for comparatively late first pit stops and we maximised all the opportunities available to us.
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Much to the disappointment of some sections of the media, the title protagonists promise a clean start at COTA, insisting that despite the "fun and games" they're "professionals".
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