Roberto Merhi expressed his disappointment with his qualifying result, second-to-last and outside the 107% rule. The Spanish driver hoped to stay within the 107% limit during qualifying, even though not everything went perfectly for him in his debut behind the wheel of an F1 car in Malaysia.<\/p>\n
Merhi is nonetheless satisfied with the work done even though he can still do better: \u00ab We hoped to be within the 107% today, and that’s what we worked for this weekend. Unfortunately, we missed it by 4 tenths. In the three sessions, Will showed that the car is generally there in terms of pace, while I spun during FP3 today, in addition to yesterday. I was not able to drive consistently for the team. \u00bb<\/p>\n
Will Stevens did not drive much today, Saturday, in Malaysia due to a problem with the fuel system of his Manor, but he proved on Friday that the Manor was not completely out of the running: \u00ab Obviously, I was very disappointed not to be able to take part in the qualification. During FP3, we encountered a problem with the fuel system and we tried to solve it, but unfortunately, we did not manage to do it in time for me to take part. But there is a positive side, as we continue to try, and the practice sessions showed promising things and my times were within the 107% on Friday. \u00bb<\/p>\n
Despite times outside the 107% in qualifying, the FIA has allowed the British team to race tomorrow for the race, which is a relief for team principal John Booth, even though he knows there is still much work to be done to improve: “We knew that our first weekend of driving would not come without its challenges and although we had a positive day yesterday, it was important to keep our expectations in check for qualifying. Both our drivers did a good job for their debut and Friday’s practice was promising in terms of pace for the 107%, but today highlighted the fact that we have a lot of work to do.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
While Will Stevens was stuck in the pits during qualifying due to a problem, Roberto Merhi was unable to qualify within the 107% rule. Nonetheless, both Manor drivers were allowed by the stewards to race, which is a relief for them and the entire British team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":39608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1749],"tags":[92,1453],"class_list":["post-13590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","category-news","tag-bilan","tag-sepang"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n