Team Talk - Sunday in Sakhir

Haas F1 Team

Romain Grosjean
"It was a pretty good race. I made a decent start and my first stint was pretty good, but it was tough to stay behind the Renault. Then we had the bad luck with the safety car, as we'd pitted just before. I saw (Sergio) Perez come out and I thought, 'How did he come out in front of me when he'd been 10 seconds behind?' He gained 12 seconds with the safety car and that cost a position. At the restart I struggled a little bit with the top speed. But, eventually, we made the right strategy call and pushed on the good laps with some great overtaking maneuvers. So, here we are, P8. It's good to be here scoring points."

Kevin Magnussen
"The car stopped for some reason. I don't know what the cause is yet, but I lost power. I had to stop, unfortunately. It happened suddenly – just the power disappeared. Conditions until then were pretty good. The tyre wear was a bit lower and it was easier on brakes. It would've been a good race. I just look forward now and am happy with the car. It's running in the points and qualifying in Q3. We've had three straight weekends where the car's been in points positions. I'm looking forward to this continuing."

Guenther Steiner, team principal
"It was a bittersweet race with one driver in the points and one with a DNF (Did Not Finish). Kevin had a problem with his electronics. We don't know yet what it is. The car just switched off and he had to park it. Romain fought a good battle. We know where we are. We were not strong enough for Perez (Force India), but we were good enough to beat Hulkenberg (Renault). It's a tight battle and, again, we got four points from here."