The opening FIA Formulation 1 World Championship race of the 2024 season is now within the books, and it was Max Verstappen who accomplished a Grand Slam, successful the race from pole place, main all fifty-seven laps and securing quickest lap besides!
The rostrum was accomplished by the second Oracle Purple Bull Racing RB20 of Sergio Perez, with the rostrum being accomplished by Scuderia Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz Jr.
Partly two, those that missed out on factors within the race look again at their Saturday evenings beneath the floodlights on the Bahrain Worldwide Circuit.
#24 – Guanyu Zhou – Stake F1 Workforce Kick Sauber
“At the moment, we maximised every little thing we might, and I’m completely happy we had been capable of battle so carefully for the factors. We had a clear race with a very good begin the place I used to be capable of make up some positions, nevertheless it was fairly difficult to maintain the Aston Martins behind with out compromising our tyres.
“Fortunately, I managed to maintain Kevin [Magnussen] and the remainder of the sector behind me. We made progress over the weekend, and the workforce labored exhausting to seek out the optimum setup. Sadly, in a race with no attrition, we couldn’t get factors with out something taking place to the vehicles forward of us.
“There’s nonetheless so much to enhance for us, and we’ll proceed engaged on our efficiency to have the ability to compete much more strongly for factors in Jeddah and within the upcoming races.”
#20 – Kevin Magnussen – MoneyGram Haas F1 Workforce
“I’m form of happy – not over the moon, as we didn’t rating factors – nevertheless it looks as if we’ve a automotive which is a bit higher on the tyres this 12 months, not essentially faster than final 12 months however no less than higher on tyres, and I feel we’ve proven that as we speak.
“Nonetheless, it’s just one monitor, one little bit of tarmac, and one set of situations so we nonetheless have to point out that elsewhere. It’s been a very good couple of weeks of labor, the workforce has accomplished a extremely good job, and we’re in a very good place – we simply want to seek out extra.”
#3 – Daniel Ricciardo – Visa CashApp RB
“We weren’t fairly adequate for factors as we speak. I struggled so much initially of the race with the used mushy tyres as a result of there was a reasonably poor grip off the road. Within the center stint with the exhausting tyres, we received somewhat bit extra tempo, however I anyway felt that I used to be struggling. In the long run, the brand new mushy compound was so much higher.
“We lastly extracted some tempo and had been catching the pack. At that time, I received somewhat caught behind different vehicles and I misplaced the grip on the tyres. The decision for the drivers’ swap was fairly anticipated and got here with no shock. Earlier than the race, we clearly talked with the workforce about technique plans, and it was extremely probably I used to be going to complete the race with a brand new set of soppy tyres after beginning the race with a used set.
“It’s what it’s, and let’s flip the web page now. I’ve received an thought of what we are able to do to be higher, so I’ve some confidence in going racing subsequent week in Jeddah.”
#22 – Yuki Tsunoda – Visa CashApp RB
“I feel I used to be doing fairly effectively inside the factors till about midway by the race after I felt it was slipping away from us. We weren’t preventing for factors at the moment, so we’ll should evaluate every little thing throughout our post-race evaluation and be taught from it for the long run.
“It’s race one, so there’s nonetheless a number of time to grasp. Typically, there’s nonetheless so much we are able to take away from this weekend, the mechanics did a fantastic job with all our pitstops, and if there’s something we might do higher strategy-wise, we’ll evaluate and enhance for Saudi.”
#23 – Alexander Albon – Williams Racing
“The automotive itself was okay however we’re far behind. We had points the entire race with issues that if we had accomplished extra operating in testing, we’d’ve been capable of keep away from.
“We had been overheating the complete race and had been down on energy, so hopefully we are able to check out the information and arrive in Jeddah in higher form. Our tempo relative to the others is kind of comparable in order that midfield battle is shut and might be powerful.”
#27 – Nico Hülkenberg – MoneyGram Haas F1 Workforce
“It’s very irritating and disappointing, and it was a really comparable state of affairs to final 12 months into Flip 4 initially. On a constructive word, our race tempo and tire degradation regarded fairly affordable in comparison with the opposite midfield runners, and I feel we’re preventing Williams, Sauber and RB, so I assume we take that as a constructive.
“There might be extra findings after as we speak, issues to enhance and optimize on. Jeddah is clearly a really completely different circuit with utterly completely different traits, so we’ll see what we get there nevertheless it appears like we’ve a a lot better basis to work with in comparison with final 12 months.”
#31 – Esteban Ocon – BWT Alpine F1 Workforce
“At the moment was a continuation of what we noticed in Qualifying yesterday and, total, it has not been the weekend we needed. Most significantly we had a clear race and picked up helpful knowledge that we are able to take into the race in Jeddah subsequent week. It is going to be fascinating to see how we fare on completely different layouts and in several situations.
“We’ll dig in and put our heads collectively in the course of the brief break between races and see the place we are able to enhance. Now we have to remain centered, keep constructive and hold moving into the best path. Collectively as a workforce we’ve to maintain our heads up and foot down going to Saudi Arabia.”
#10 – Pierre Gasly – BWT Alpine F1 Workforce
“It was not our day however most likely what we anticipated in the long run. I had a fantastic launch off the road, handed a few vehicles however then I used to be caught by some Flip 1 chaos with vehicles spinning in entrance, which put me again. That was not very best however after that, we did all we might do with what we had in our fingers as we speak.
“Now we have many areas to maintain bettering and I do know the exhausting work will proceed behind the scenes. Now we have to maintain making steps ahead as we aren’t the place we need to be proper now. Subsequent week it’s a special monitor, a brand new alternative and a recent problem for us to maintain displaying progress.”
#77 – Valtteri Bottas – Stake F1 Workforce Kick Sauber
“Sadly, as we speak simply hasn’t been my day. I had a very good begin, however then I received caught up within the Flip One incident between Nico [Hülkenberg] and Lance [Stroll], which resulted in entrance wing injury that made me lose some floor and efficiency. On high of that, we had a difficulty with the wheelnut throughout my second pit cease, which made us lose some extra time.
“Luck wasn’t on our aspect as we speak, however hopefully that’s all of the dangerous luck for this season. As a constructive to take house with us, our tempo was undoubtedly higher than that of our predominant rivals – as seen with Zhou, who practically completed into the factors. This reveals we’ve a greater race automotive than final season, and provides us confidence wanting into Jeddah subsequent week.”
#2 – Logan Sargeant – Williams Racing
It was irritating as we had the steering wheel electronics subject yesterday in Qualifying after which it returned as we speak, so crucial factor is that we have to perceive the basis explanation for this and get it mounted going ahead.
“We had a extremely good first lap and a fantastic opening stint and made some good positive factors and it felt prefer it was coming to me earlier than we had the problem. We had been struggling somewhat with PU temp which meant I couldn’t keep near the vehicles forward, so it was only a little bit of a disappointing night. There’s nothing we are able to’t repair, however we have to perceive every little thing transferring ahead.”
