WINNER MAX VERSTAPPEN
It is a very big surprise. Of course
I didn’t expect that. On the first
stint on the soft I could keep up
quite well after the two Mercedes
crashed. But at one point, if you
are so close behind the first you
start to destroy your tyres so yeah
I lost a bit of ground there and we
decided to pit and again there,
when we went onto the medium
tyre, the car felt great. From there
on I was just managing my speed,
my tyres; I was just managing
everything. At the end I think we
did the best strategy possible.
Especially in the last stint I got
quite a bit of pressure from Kimi
behind, but on this track it’s quite
difficult to overtake so for me it was
a case of not making mistakes, no
front locking, so that’s what I tried
to do and it worked. This feeling to
be first… I was targeting a podium
but then to win straight away, it’s
an amazing feeling.