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It was a tough race, physically and mentally, but... the car balance was just fantastic.

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The fact it is a street circuit means there are some traffic lines on the asphalt, so it we get any rain, then you have to choose the line very carefully because these areas are slippery. It can make for a difficult Grand Prix.

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I was struggling a little bit today. I couldn't get a good balance on the car.

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Today is my birthday and the crew surprised me with a cake. But this was not the best present I got from the team. That was the new car, which felt good on the track. I did a few runs in the afternoon and everything went well.

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 Birthday

I was confident I would be in the front two rows. But then in the qualifying session the car was just fantastic.

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Maybe we are not as quick as McLaren still, but I definitely think we can be closer than in recent races.

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In the main straight he was much quicker than me.

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I was quite conservative, never pushed to the limit except at the end when Rubens was catching me.

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 Conservative

This was just not our weekend.

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There was much less grip out there today than we had at the test, which can be seen from the lap times ? we are more than a second slower than last week. That meant the car was a bit tricky to drive, but we can fix that tomorrow morning. Overall, I think McLaren probably have the advantage over us ? but we are where we expected to be.

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