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I was surprised . I thought you were going to do it . SV : I had a bit of wheel slip off the line . Lewis was a tiny bit better and then I had to take care of Valtteri in Turn One , but then I had a decent exit . But after that I was really trying to keep the pressure on to make sure that they get that message that we are here and we ’ re here to fight . Obviously got a bit lucky when Lewis came out in traffic but still we were hanging in there , the tyres were still good , the car was working , so excellent job . And as I said , the support around the track : I had a look with 20 laps to go left and right and especially last sector they were always on fire with the flags , so it was really great . Yeah , thank you .
And a quick word on the beast : what are the cars like now compared to last year ? SV : Ah , you could push much harder . Usually the first couple of laps you were pushing last year and then the tyres were dropping off . Now the tyres are still dropping off a bit but you can keep pushing . You can keep braking at the same point . The car is screaming “ more , more , more !” Also , at the end with the harder tyres there is hardly any degradation so it ’ s really good fun , especially in the fast corners . You could keep going forever , it was a great race , and I enjoyed it a lot .