7. NICO HULKENBERG
Seventh was probably the best result available to us, so
it feels good to get the maximum from our race and score
some important points. The team did a great job with the
strategy because we went into the race believing a twostopper was possible, but then made an early decision to
switch to three stops. It was definitely the right way to go
and allowed me to take seventh place in the final few laps.
The tyre degradation was very high so most of the race was
about managing the tyres. It was also quite a lonely and
straightforward race because my main fight was against
Bottas and we were running different strategies. So it’s a
happy Nico and a happy team. We can look forward to the
summer break and aim to carry this momentum forward in
the second part of the season.