Fernando Alonso: "It was tricky with the windy conditions today, but this is typical here in Baku and it was the same for everyone.

"I was happy with my performance and with the overall balance of the car today compared to yesterday. We are losing a lot of lap time on the straights and so I think it will make the race difficult for us. We will try to keep on improving and learn as much as we can about the car in the race tomorrow."

Lance Stroll: "We are struggling with power here, but also downforce. It's the car we have; it's not easy to drive. We are trying to put everything together, but there aren't a huge number of positives to take from today. We are starting from the back of the grid with the penalties, so we will just have to hope some opportunities come our way."

Mike Krack: "A busy Q1 session with both drivers dealing well with the traffic to get a clean lap on the board. They did two runs each, on the Soft tyres, although Fernando had to abort his final attempt. We ended the session in P19 for Fernando and P21 for Lance, but the grid penalties [for new PU components] will drop us to the back of the grid. It was always going to be a tough circuit for us, but we will do our best to compete with the cars around us tomorrow."

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