George Russell:
Congratulations to Lewis (Hamilton). He drove a really impressive race today after being incredibly quick in Qualifying yesterday. Coming into the weekend, I don't think we expected that pace from Ferrari, so we know we've got a challenge coming from them in the races ahead. We will be working hard to tackle that challenge and get back to winning ways.
On my side, the race today was not straightforward. I was struggling with the tyres towards the end of my second and third stints; the Virtual Safety Car didn't help us either and it would have been a fascinating race with Lewis without that. I will take the positives from this weekend though. It has been clean from the very start and I come away with 18 points, which is 18 points more than I managed across Canada and Monaco!
We will regroup in the week ahead and look to improve for Austria. We've got a big double-header coming up with Spielberg and Silverstone and I am already excited for it.
Kimi Antonelli:
It is very disappointing to retire from P2, but these things can happen in racing. George suffered an issue in Canada and now it's happened to me; we know our reliability is something we need to work on and I am sure the team will be pushing incredibly hard to improve that. It's more important points that we've lost but we must remember that it is the first year of these new regulations and we are all learning quickly.
Congratulations to Lewis (Hamilton) on his victory today. He is a great driver and has been so much help in my career so far. I am pleased to see him up there once again as he really deserves it. I think we had the pace today to challenge him for the win, but the Virtual Safety Car came out at a bad time for us, and we didn't get to see how things would have played out.
We have one week without racing before returning in Austria. We have seen our competitors take a step forward here this weekend and we will need to raise our game there if we want to fight for victory again. We will pick ourselves up, learn from this weekend, and come back stronger.
Max Verstappen:
"Today we just didn't have the pace to keep up with the cars ahead. I was really just doing my own race as we were a little bit behind the guys that finished in front of me. As a Team we did everything right, it was the winning strategy, so we made the right call there with the tyres. We were just too slow compared to the cars ahead on each compound, unfortunately. We tried our best and put everything into it but ultimately the whole weekend was a bit tough for us. We do struggle more with these high energy tracks with high degradation and we just need to work on things and try to find more pace in the upcoming races."
Isack Hadjar:
"I felt like I had good pace this weekend once we got to Qualifying and the race, but I had a shocker at the race start with so much wheelspin, so that's one aspect I really want to focus on before Red Bull Ring. We could have fought with Oscar if we had a good start, so it's a bit of a shame. I think we did way better than we thought we would this weekend given the track layout and conditions. Austria will be a better track for us, and we expect to have a stronger car. We just need to work on the starts."
Charles Leclerc:
There was an issue on my car towards the end of the race, and unfortunately, I had to retire early. Our team should be proud of the upgrades we brought to the car, which ramped up our performance to this level. Congratulations to Lewis for his first win with the team, he did a great job this weekend and put it all together today.
"I look forward to the next race now and hope we come back stronger in Austria with a clean weekend.
Lewis Hamilton:
This is an incredibly special moment. Winning my first race with Ferrari is something I've dreamt about since I was a child, and to finally achieve it feels incredible. There were moments last year when this moment felt almost impossible, but I'm so grateful to Fred for believing in me and everyone there for making me feel so at home. We've been working so hard all year and so many things have changed over the past months, and today is the result of all that effort.
I'm so proud of everyone, both here at the track and back in Maranello. The upgrades we brought this weekend performed exactly as we hoped, the car felt great, and the team executed everything perfectly. The pitstops were fantastic and every detail was handled brilliantly.
I've been fortunate enough to experience many special moments in my career, but this one is different. Ferrari has the greatest fans in the world and seeing their passion, their energy and their support makes this victory even more meaningful. This is a day I'll never forget, and I hope it's the first of many wins that we can celebrate together.
Alex Albon:
"It's been a tough weekend, but I think we did learn some things. We were already struggling in the race before the camera issue - the tyre deg in this heat was really hurting us, and there's something deeper going on with the car that we need to get to the bottom of. When we had to pit to fix the camera, we used the time to make some changes and got back out there, but at that point it had become a testing session. It's been a run of bad luck recently, but we'll keep working to figure out what's wrong and come back stronger as a team in Austria."
Carlos Sainz:
"Overall, a frustrating weekend for the team. I had a very good start, strong tyre management and did everything I could with our race pace today. Unfortunately it wasn't enough to fight for points although I feel like we maximised everything the car had to give. Ultimately, we need to understand why this track exposes us so much and solve those core characteristics so we're better prepared for other tracks like it.
"A huge thank you to the Spanish fans here. The support this weekend was something special, and I can't wait to race again in Spain, in Madrid, later on in the season."
Arvid Lindblad:
"Overall, we had a decent day, and it's a good result for the team to get both cars in the points once again after Monaco. That being said, we'll regroup with the team and see what things we could have executed better, as we lost some time during the race. We were fast during the second and third stints, but coming from so far back meant that it was more of a catch-up game opposed to really being able to utilise our pace to gain positions. Regardless, the team has given us a strong package, which I'm happy with. After the last few weekends where we raced in unique circuits, it's been nice to show strong pace also here in Barcelona, which is more of a standard high-speed track. Hopefully, this means the car will be well-suited for upcoming tracks, starting with getting back to racing at the Red Bull Ring in two weeks."
Liam Lawson:
"It was a difficult race today. We came into it expecting to be more competitive, but unfortunately we struggled for pace compared to the cars around us. We were also unlucky with the VSC, which allowed Gasly to pit and come out ahead of us, making our race even more challenging. We'll go away, review everything and look at what we could have done better to maximise the result. Despite today's result, there are still plenty of positives to take away. We've shown strong pace throughout the weekend and the season so far has been encouraging. We've managed to score points in most races so far too, which is a testament to the hard work everyone is putting in. We're in a good place as a team and there's a lot to be optimistic about, so I'm looking forward to Austria and excited to see what we can achieve there."
Lance Stroll:
"I had to retire the car because of a gearbox issue; I couldn't get third or fourth gear for the last couple of laps. We'll investigate it further after the race. We have a lot of things to work on, and we're focussing on our upgrade package which is due around summer break. Until then, we know things will continue to be difficult."
Fernando Alonso:
"We had an issue with the battery and had to retire the car. We are struggling with our performance, and we know this is our situation until around the summer break. The support from the fans has been incredible this weekend and I want to thank them for everything. Unfortunately, we couldn't give them what they wanted."
Esteban Ocon:
"It was a very difficult race. We didn't manage to keep the tires alive and make them hold the whole race. We had to do three stops because we couldn't hold the rear tires, they were completely finished every time we were doing a stint. It was very painful and we tried to hold on, but we had no pace at the end of the race. We need to deep dive into the set up, I think we got it wrong this weekend from FP2 to now, so hopefully we can do something better in Austria."
Oliver Bearman :
"It was tough, but we were expecting that. I don't think we were anywhere out of position, if anything we were further forward than we were meant to be with some good pace. Unfortunately, with a few laps to go I was running in P13, which would've turned into P11 with the two cars ahead retiring, and there was an issue with the car so we had to retire. We've got some work to do, it's been a tough weekend and we're going to put our heads together, figure it out and improve for the next race."
Nico Hulkenberg:
"It was a very unusual and unfortunate retirement. Liam ran slightly wide ahead of me and put a wheel into the gravel at Turn 12, which kicked up a lot of stones. Some of them hit our car and appear to have triggered the emergency safety switch, causing a complete shutdown of the system. Everything switched off instantly and that was the end of our race.
"It's obviously very frustrating because we were in a good position to fight for points. The pace we showed throughout the weekend was convincing and, after yesterday's qualifying, there was a genuine opportunity to come away with a strong result.
"Unfortunately, we leave with nothing to show for it, but this was simply a case of bad luck rather than a performance or reliability issue."
Gabriel Borteleto:
"It hasn't been the easiest race for us. We had a challenging start which ended up costing us a few positions on the first lap already. Then, unfortunately, I had a racing incident with [Esteban] Ocon: we touched when side by side, I got squeezed into the gravel and picked up quite a bit of damage, which I then had to manage for the rest of the race.
"Despite all of this, there are still some positives to take home from this first European double header: once again, we showed strong pace across all sessions. It's encouraging to see it on two very different circuits. Hopefully we can keep building on that in Spielberg in two weeks' time."
Pierre Gasly:
"If someone had told me on Friday that we would finish in P7 in the race, then I definitely would have signed up for that! I am very pleased with today's race where we pretty much did everything right and put ourselves in contention to score points after a difficult starting position. In the end we benefitted from the VSC to switch tyres to the Hards and then, with some retirements in the latter stages, gained a few more positions. We're best of the rest again so another good result for the team and more important points for the Championship. From where we were yesterday, this is a big improvement, even if we're still having some issues which we are working hard to understand. It rounds off a really up and down week for all of us, highs and lows, and I am just glad it finished with another positive result. We know the gap is still too big to those in front, which we must keep pushing to close down. I am happy and now it's time for a mini break before focus switches to Austria in two weeks ' time."
Franco Colapinto:
"It was a much better day today and a great reward for the whole team to score points with both cars, which is something we probably didn't expect earlier in the weekend based on the relative performance. The car felt much better in race conditions and the pace was there to fight those in front of us. We have really struggled with the car here, so to come away with the result we did is an amazing job. It was a tough race with the tyres and there was more degradation than at previous events, but as a team we made the rights calls and had smooth pit-stops, so we ended up in a good spot in the end. It was good teamwork all around both on and off the track and some good points to bring back to Enstone."
Sergio Perez:
"Barcelona is the kind of circuit that exposes weaknesses, and from that point of view it gave us a very clear picture of what we need to improve. Every race we finish gives us valuable data and helps us better understand our limitations, particularly over the longer stints. It won't be fixed overnight, but we've got updates coming in Austria that should help us make a step forward, with more developments planned after that. The important thing is that we understand the direction we need to take, and I'm confident we can keep making progress and move closer to the midfield fight over the next few races."
Valtteri Bottas:
"It's been a tough weekend with several issues on my side of the garage. We had to stop the car in today's race as a precaution. There are still positives to take as we seem to be a bit closer to the midfield in Qualifying and my pitstop was great. It's good that we now have one weekend without a race, which presents the opportunity for us to get on top of these issues back at the factory. This is all part of the journey we're on, so we'll continue to look forward."
