PODIUM
Hey man, you’re still leading the championship, so don’t worry,
six points in front.
SV: It was a nice race and a great crowd, so it would have
been great to win but…
Tell us about the Plan C. Was that a real option towards the
end – change your strategy and try to attack?
SV: Yeah, we had a huge gap to Daniel behind, so we could
have done anything really. We weren’t sure. Obviously there
was a big conversation, trying to do something. We were
hoping Lewis would maybe struggle with his tyres at the end
but normally in the end of the race the track picks up a lot of
rubber and the tyres last long so he didn’t have any problems.
We tried to keep pushing, stay close, but it was never close
enough.
A fantastic drive my friend. Hey, last but not least, come on
man, no shoey, just behave yourself, I’m very elegant. Your
favourite podium of the year, first since Mexico 2016, how does
it feel?
Daniel Ricciardo: Feels good. We had a little bit of fortune with
Valtteri stopping. We were fourth and then he had his… I’m not
sure of what his problem was in the end, but for now we take
what we can and it’s nice to be up on the podium. Really happy
to spray some champagne again. The weather is good. They
said maybe a chance of rain. It’s cool, we got some sunshine,
so gracias a todos.
Well done amigo. Lewis, was it that hard, because obviously
this is possibly the most demanding phsyically?
LH: Yeah, this is one of the hardest races.
How’s your neck after it?
LH: My neck is fine, but physically, yeah, I probably lost two
kilos just in that race. It’s draining, the car is fast, to keep up
with him… he drove fantastically well and it’s a real privilege to
race against such an awesome driver so…