Haas
Haas had a quiet opening session, opting to not run the softs and thus discovering themselves comparatively down the order. Within the early night session, they each moved ahead however not by as a lot as they could have hoped. Will they go nicely right here? Hulkenberg’s qualifying has been prime drawer this yr, however they could want one thing particular from the German tomorrow in the event that they need to get entangled at a monitor the place the highest 5 groups appear to be aggressive.
Nico Hulkenberg – FP1: 1:13.576, P16; FP2: 1:12.569, P15
“It’s fairly one thing – for the primary few laps you’re simply shocked at how spectacular it’s – how briskly, how dynamic, and the way difficult. That’s Friday within the bag, I feel it was an okay day, there have been no issues on our facet. Efficiency-wise, it didn’t look too nice the place we slotted in however it’s all wonderful margins, so we have to squeeze just a little bit extra out in a single day for tomorrow. The image we now have right this moment, we’re a bit away from the highest 10 in the meanwhile, however it didn’t really feel too dangerous from a steadiness perspective. It’s simply missing grip in some areas, so we’ll see what we are able to do.”
Kevin Magnussen – FP1: 1:13.390, P14; FP2: 1:12.473, P13
“It’s extremely tight as at all times, I say that on a regular basis now, and this race is all about qualifying so it’s actually vital we get issues proper tomorrow. There’s a superb rear within the automobile, the large rear wing is vital right here, however everybody got here to Monaco with an additional excessive downforce wing. You’re simply discovering lap time on a regular basis; the monitor is so bumpy and it’s simply that rather more intimidating driving round right here. It requires bravery to essentially pull every part out of it and I don’t assume anybody has executed that but. It’s very straightforward to go over the restrict, and it’s very expensive. I’d love a bit extra tempo after all, however we’ll see what we are able to do.”
Ayao Komatsu, Workforce Principal
“I feel it’s been fairly much like what we anticipated to date. I feel general by way of the bundle we now have for Monaco, it’s doing what it’s purported to do however like I mentioned earlier within the week, we simply must discover a bit extra from our automobile steadiness to have the ability to extract efficiency. We perceive our long-run tempo so I’m not too frightened, however after all qualifying is every part right here, so we have to discover a barely higher steadiness.”
