Sunday: Red Bull and Vettel could hardly hope for better

Sebastian Vettel – 2nd:

Overall, I am happy and satisfied with the result; we know it’s very difficult to overtake here. Congratulations to Nico, he did a very good job and controlled the race very well; I think he had the pace and the tires to respond every time we tried to get closer to him. I got a fantastic start, but there was no room! I think I could have passed both Mercedes, but there was no space and I had to slow down. Mark came at that moment, and it was very tight in the first corner. I was a little surprised by the slow pace of the first laps – usually, you expect two silver arrows ahead of you, but it was more like buses today, cruising through the first two laps. But their strategy was clear, and they did a very good job. It was a good strategy from our team to get past Lewis. The restarts were difficult, but we can be happy with the result. It’s a good achievement from the team; we seem to like this place. Congratulations to everyone, and thank you to all our partners: having two cars on the podium is a very good thing.

Mark Webber – 3rd:

« Firstly, congratulations to Nico, it’s a very special place to win and he had a clear weekend; that’s what you have to do here. Even if he started in front, you still have to deliver, so well done to him. For us, we knew that we would be a bit on the back foot starting from the second row, but I got an amazing start […] Seb and I had nowhere to go, so we settled even though Nico and Lewis had difficult [starts]. We’ll save those starts as references for the future! After that, it was simply about tire conservation and executing a one-stop strategy. It was predictable that if the race turned into a procession, the two-stop strategy wasn’t really an option because you would come back into traffic. We had to last long and the drivers nursed the tires: it was great overtaking Lewis in the pits. »