Q:
Lewis, the fact that you set your time on hard tyres surely looks good for the race itself, even if it maybe wasn’t the right choice?
LH:
Yeah, for sure. I’m expecting to be quick tomorrow in the race.
Q:
Was that something that was in your mind when you were on those harder tyres?
LH:
No, not really. As I said, Q1 seemed to go a lot better than Q2 and I felt that perhaps the prime tyre was so close that it would probably give me a better performance throughout the lap and I think that was a mistake.
Q:
Third on the grid, you’re ahead of Kimi, still a good position?
LH:
Could be better, for sure, and the lap wasn’t very good either, so pretty disappointed in qualifying. Not frustrating, disappointing.
Q:
How crucial was tyre warming?
LH:
Didn’t seem to be much of a problem for me on both sets of tyres. For sure you had to work them well enough but I managed to be able to get them up to temperature and it was okay.
Q:
You were saying disappointed, but it is a circuit where you can overtake.
LH:
It is, it is, so we should have an exciting race tomorrow.
