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"It feels great to be back here at Interlagos. This circuit has always been very special to me.

"The car felt good in FP1, and to reach SQ3 this afternoon and finish P5 is a strong result. Today was a good boost for the team and a positive way to start the race weekend. Hopefully we can keep this level of performance tomorrow, but you never know what can happen here."

"I love coming back to this track. There is so much passion for the sport in Brazil and the fans are amazing. It's just a lot of fun to drive here and we got some nice laps in today.

"The car was feeling good and we will be starting the Sprint tomorrow morning from P7. It's still early in the weekend and we will see how the rest of the weekend goes.

"Hopefully we can fight for some points tomorrow and there could be some rain so anything is possible."

"It was a bit of a mixed day for us. The Sprint went well this morning and we scored some good points.

"We were a little unlucky with the Red Flag when everyone changed to Mediums. Without that, I think we could have done even better.

"In Qualifying, it was more difficult because the Soft tyres didn't give me the confidence to really push. We are P11 though so we are in the fight for points tomorrow if we execute a clean race. Let's see what we can do."

"We qualified in P14 today: Q1 was feeling okay, I managed to get a clean lap in at the end and the car balance was feeling good. In Q2 I struggled with grip and just wasn't feeling the level of grip that I had in Q1.

"We will have to look into it and understand why so we can fight back tomorrow. It's another day and hopefully some opportunities come up ahead of us so we can make up some positions."

"The short Interlagos layout always creates tight grids and close racing.

"Yesterday we executed the sessions well and scored three important points in the damp Sprint today.

"This afternoon's Qualifying session was exceptionally close with the entire grid covered by a second in Q1. Lance and Fernando progressed to Q2, but it was a tricky session, especially with the gusty conditions, and we were just a few hundredths shy of making Q3.

"The target tomorrow is to progress and compete for points. We will work hard tonight and take any opportunities in the race."

"It wasn't a good day out there today. We took a risk starting on the Hard tyre and, unfortunately, it didn't pay off.

"To finish P14 is disappointing, especially after a strong Sprint yesterday. There weren't many opportunities with the pace we had, so we just tried to maximise what was possible.

"Now we will look ahead to Las Vegas and focus on finishing off the season strong in the final three races."

"Not the most positive weekend for us at Interlagos.

"We looked more competitive in the Sprint and less so in Qualifying and the race today.

"The incident with Yuki [Tsunoda] ended our chances in the race: we tried to come back, but just lost too much time there. The Hard tyre wasn't working well for us either, but in the end it was down to a lack of car pace.

"We go again in Las Vegas in two weeks' time and will see what we can do there."

"We knew it would not be easy today and we lacked the pace to compete for points. We tried to do things differently with the strategy – with long opening stints on the Hard tyres – but we were missing the pace to challenge the cars ahead of us.

"Lance's race was impacted badly by the contact from Yuki [Tsunoda] on Lap 6, which dropped him to the back of the field.

"We had tried to build a tyre advantage offset for the final stages of the race, but most of the grid stopped twice and there were not many opportunities.

"We face a close battle in the Championship and we will use the next couple of weeks to regroup before Las Vegas later this month."