Pierre Gasly: "We gave it absolutely everything we could today but, unfortunately, circumstances did not play into our hands.

"Yesterday we did not maximise Qualifying and that really left us out of position on the grid and gave us an uphill battle to score points. We had to try something and took some risks. We were fast throughout the race, I left nothing out there, but we just needed a VSC or a SC to benefit at the end. Like for others, that didn't happen, so I'm left a bit frustrated but still pleased the team managed to score important points. We'll debrief on many things from the weekend and continue putting our efforts into making the car faster and more complete at every event."

Franco Colapinto: "I'm very happy with the end result today with P7 and scoring six points for the team, especially as this track layout probably does not best suit the strengths of our package too well. I had a very good race start again today and I managed the tyres well and then kept the position. The VSC came and we did our pit-stop to save time, like some others around us. The second stint lasted until the end of the race, so it was very long and took some defending throughout. I caught up to Gabriel [Bortoleto] but I lost a lot of time even if it probably did not mean we'd have finished in a position higher. I'm pleased to score points today and be in front of our direct competitors as we continue to close the gap in the Championship. It's probably my best race weekend in terms of execution this year, I maximised everything in Qualifying and did what I had to do today. We will all debrief as a team and continue to develop the car and maximise our performances each weekend."

Flavio Briatore: "The aim heading into the weekend was to be ahead of Racing Bulls and close the gap to them in the Constructors' Championship. We did that, so we can be pleased with the result from today's race. Franco did a mega job all weekend and scored six valuable points for the team. With Pierre's race, given where he qualified and started the race, the only option we had to score points was to keep him out and hopefully benefit from a late Safety Car. As did other teams around us. Also, fantastic job to Formula One and the organisers to put on this amazing new race event in Madrid, which I am sure will only grow and get better."