"It was great to get out there today and experience my first laps around Spa in a Formula One car. It's a completely different circuit compared to my previous FP1 sessions.

"We know we're not as competitive as we’d like to be at the moment, but we completed the run plan and gathered some valuable data.

"These sessions are really important for both my development and the team."

"The focus now is on learning for tomorrow and Sunday, and working overnight to improve the car.

"We know where we are, so it's about doing the best we can and getting through what has been, and will continue to be, a tough weekend.

"Today was pretty much what we expected, and hopefully Hungary will be a step forward."

"It was as expected for us today in Belgium, as we knew this was going to be a difficult track for us.

"Nevertheless, we need to remain sharp and focused and try to do our best this weekend with what we currently have.

"We will continue to prepare properly, make sure we execute everything as we should, and ultimately remain ready for when we have some more competitiveness."

"We made a few changes before Qualifying today and improved the car in some areas.

"We didn't get the perfect tow that we were looking for, though, so there were a few tenths lost there.

"Other than that, the pace was what we were expecting today. We know there's not much to fight for here.

"It's about getting through this weekend and focusing on what's coming in Budapest."

"It was difficult out there today in Qualifying, but it's as we expected.

"We still try to do our best, and this has been the case over the last 10 races for us.

"We will make sure we maximise everything tomorrow and continue learning what we can to find every bit of performance. Tomorrow will be about doing everything we can at the highest level."

"It's another tough Saturday, but we know this is our situation and we just focussed on delivering a well-executed Qualifying session.

"Tyre preparation was good for both Lance and Fernando, and they both placed their cars well to pick up a tow on their best laps.

"With our current performance level, it won't be an easy race, but we will focus to extract what we can tomorrow.

"Just one more race and then we can focus on Budapest."

"Our pace was pretty much where we expected it to be today. We knew this track was always going to be difficult for us and it was a tough race from the start.

"Towards the end I started to feel something with the gearbox, so we retired the car to investigate it.

"Hopefully we can be a bit more competitive in Hungary and have a stronger weekend there."

"We did our best today, but we knew our limitations this weekend.

"We collected some valuable data for the team and are now focused on Budapest.

"We will need to maximise all of our practice sessions next weekend and learn as much as we can about the new package."

"It was not an easy afternoon and we did not have the pace to compete, so we simply tried to maximise those things in our control – being strong operationally and delivering the best strategy.

"Fernando completed the race in P19, while Lance reported a car issue on Lap 25 and retired.

"The focus now shifts to Budapest and introducing a new package for the AMR26."