James Vowles, Team Principal: "It was a great lap from Alex.

"Because of the yellow flag, we had to push right to the limit, and with the traffic he wasn't able to get his deployment in the right place and lost out on that lap. Otherwise, that should've pulled him through into Q2. It was a great effort from him. Carlos delivered everything the car could, but the gaps are tight. Looking to tomorrow, it's always entertaining on the run down to Turn 1 here, so as always, head down and we'll do the best we can."

Carlos Sainz: "We had the chance to get the car into Q2 today. We maximised what we had and took our opportunity, so we can be happy with that. Still, I didn't feel as comfortable compared to yesterday and I was fighting the car a lot more than usual. We've been struggling with balance, and we overcorrected slightly with the setup changes we made. We have faster cars in front and behind us tomorrow, so it will be very tricky to get into the points, but we'll try our best to put on a good show for these fantastic fans!"

Alex Albon: "It was a good lap, maybe my best of the year, so I'm happy with that. We had a deployment issue into Turn 1 due to traffic in sector three, which cost us about six tenths - we tried to make it up through the rest of the lap but unfortunately, I think this was the difference in making Q2. Our race pace should be good relative to Aston but realistically, we've got a gap to the Alpines. Regardless, we'll try to have some fun out there, with the focus being on getting the most out of our car."

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