Yuki

“The positive we can take from Mexico is that recent changes to the car allowed us to make a good step forward with our performance and I want to convert that into a clean weekend with points in Brazil. The Interlagos track is great fun, anticlockwise, tight and twisty with ups and downs, like the drop to the Senna esses and the short lap always keeps you busy, as even the finish straight is really one long corner. The whole track has been resurfaced and we only get one hour of free practice to find out what it’s like as this is another Sprint weekend, so I expect that, like in Austin, Saturday’s race will be the best opportunity to check our long-run pace for the Grand Prix. Looking at the weather forecast, there’s a chance that, at some point, rain might make life even more interesting!“

The Interlagos track is great fun

Yuki Tsunoda

Liam

“Last weekend wasn’t the weekend we wanted, but hopefully we can bring the pace we had in the car in Mexico and convert that into scoring points this weekend. It’s a sprint weekend, so we’ll be doing a lot of racing. It’s also the end of the triple header, so it’s going to be a tough weekend for sure. Brazil is a track that’s got a lot of history and it’s one I’ve always wanted to drive for a long time, so I’m excited to do that for the first time.”

AlanPermane(RacingDirector)

“For the final race of the current ‘triple header’ we will race at Interlagos in Sao Paolo – Brazil. An old school track much loved by the drivers, featuring a mix of high and low speed sweeping corners, wide kerbs to ride and plenty of elevation change. The long start / finish straight will demand a lower downforce level than the past two races and there are overtaking opportunities into turns 1 and 4. This is another Sprint weekend and with only one hour of practice before Sprint Qualifying on Friday afternoon, the pressure is on the engineers to deliver a near perfect starting setup and then the drivers to maximise everything. A competitive car will need to be stable in braking, have a good front end for the long, low speed corners but then also good traction. High speed performance is essential for the very fast turn 4 and the turn 6 and 7 combination. The weather is often a factor at Interlagos and we could see some rain on Sunday.”