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Fernando Alonso

RACE RESULT P9

“It's great to finish in the points here in Zandvoort. I wasn’t expecting it, so it’s a credit to the team for maximising everything we had. We still have some driveability issues, but this weekend is another step forward. We’ll take this momentum and keep pushing to get the most out of the car.”

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Lance Stroll

RACE RESULT DNF

“We picked up some damage early on, which compromised the performance of the car. We had no pace and were sliding around a lot, so we stopped early for the hard tyre, but unfortunately nothing helped. There’s still a lot of work to do to improve the driveability of the car.”

Adrian Newey

“After the red flag, we fitted Fernando with a fresh set of Softs and, with good management, he was able to run almost half the race on those tyres. That set up an effective one-stop race, which we felt was our best chance of finishing in the points. It was only in the final few laps that Fernando came under pressure from Gasly, but we had the pace to hold on for P9 and two important points. Lance was suffering with a handling issue – which we suspect could have been caused by picking up some car damage – and we had to retire the car. The points scored today are a valuable reward for everyone’s efforts, and I would like to say thank you to the whole team at Silverstone, who have worked so hard to improve our performance in recent months.”