"I’m fairly satisfied with this result on a day made quite tricky by the weather, with different conditions almost in every corner. It was hard to figure out where there was grip and where there wasn’t, the bike was sliding a lot. Besides the track challenges, we also made a setup change for qualifying that I didn’t really like, but I stayed focused on finding my rhythm and improving lap by lap. The front row was our goal and achieving it here, where overtaking is tough, is even more important for managing the tires well in the opening laps. This is a tough weekend for me; after what happened to Borja (Gomez, who passed away last week at Magny Cours), I honestly didn’t feel like coming here to race, so tomorrow’s race will be entirely for him."
"I’m fairly satisfied with this result on a day made quite tricky by the weather, with different conditions almost in every corner. It was hard to figure out where there was grip and where there wasn’t, the bike was sliding a lot. Besides the track challenges, we also made a setup change for qualifying that I didn’t really like, but I stayed focused on finding my rhythm and improving lap by lap. The front row was our goal and achieving it here, where overtaking is tough, is even more important for managing the tires well in the opening laps. This is a tough weekend for me; after what happened to Borja (Gomez, who passed away last week at Magny Cours), I honestly didn’t feel like coming here to race, so tomorrow’s race will be entirely for him."