2017 SPANISH GRAND PRIX
Very happy when we have the chance to race
Mercedes. They have been proving over and over in
the last few years that they are the team to beat. We
are given them, so far, a good run for their money. I
think we can be very happy – but we’re not entirely
happy because the win was there, the car was quick
enough but the way the race happened, it wasn’t
meant to be. But the most important thing is that we
were there: once again fighting; hanging in there; not
much missing at the end. The car is good, the team is
in great form and we know that we need to improve.
We don’t want to battle with them close, we want to
be ahead of them. The idea obviously is nice, to have
close battles – but you want to have them in your
favour at the end of the race, which wasn’t the case
but that’s, as I said, how it goes sometimes. Well,
honest answer, I was a bit disappointed. I didn’t want
him to win, I wanted to win myself so it was great,
beautiful weather, beautiful crowd but...
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