2024 Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix Highlights

Max Verstappen and Red Bull bounced back from their Monaco struggles as they returned to winning ways in an action-packed 2024 Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix, overcoming rain showers, multiple Safety Car periods, restarts and a stern challenge from behind to lead home Lando Norris.

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Mario Isola, Motorsport Director, Pirelli:

What a race! After the Monaco Grand Prix was criticized for not being exactly thrilling, Formula 1 answered its critics with a fantastic show from the first to the last lap. Three drivers took turns leading, and two more were also in with a chance of winning. Congratulations to Max on a great win and to all the other protagonists of this Canadian Grand Prix because everyone who loves this sport enjoyed themselves.

On the tyre front, we could see four of the five available types in action. Even the extreme wet, which usually is not used much, proved competitive on a low-energy track with a lot of surface water. The Intermediate also did very long stints, confirming its suitability for both very wet and almost dry conditions. As for the Hard and Medium, it’s hard to say which worked best as the second Safety Car deprived us of being able to evaluate what might have been the price to pay in terms of degradation for those who had chosen the Medium to ensure more grip in the opening laps when the track was still damp.

The day on the track:

The race got underway on a wet track. 18 drivers opted to start on Intermediates, while the Haas pair went with extreme wets. Indeed, Magnussen and Hulkenberg provided the show in the early stages of the race, as the blue-banded Pirelli Cinturato Full Wet offered excellent grip in these conditions so that both drivers were able to charge up the order, with the Dane even making it as high as fourth place by lap 3, having started 14^th.  However, the track was drying out rather quickly, so the American team’s two drivers were the first obliged to pit for Intermediates, as their lap times had slowed considerably.

Then, in the second part of the race, the green-banded Pirelli Cinturato Intermediate was the tyre to have, as conditions alternated between rain and sunshine with the track drying, especially on the racing line, before getting wet again following another shower. The majority of drivers made the most of the first Safety Car period, forty minutes into the race, to switch to a second set of Intermediates, while a trio made up of Ocon, Tsunoda and Bottas gambled on their tyres lasting long enough to extend the stint until the track was fit for slicks. Sauber’s Finn went to lap 42, while Alpine’s Frenchman and Racing Bulls’ Japanese driver waited a further two laps. These three were the only drivers to complete the seventy-lap race with only one pit stop.

When slicks were viable, the majority (14) of drivers chose the Medium, thus looking for a better warm-up phase, while five went with the Hard, thinking more about wear, armed with the knowledge that in free practice, the Medium had suffered with graining.

Given the weather over the weekend at the Gilles Villeneuve circuit, it’s no surprise that all tyres, the P Zero White hard, Yellow medium and Red soft, as well as the Cinturato Green Intermediate and the Cinturato Blue full wet, were put to good use. But they were not the only tyres in action, as the Ferrari Challenge P Zero and Ferrari Challenge were used by the cars in the Prancing Horse’s eponymous one-make series, of which Pirelli has been the sole supplier, ever since it was established in 1993.

What’s next?

After this brief trip to North America, Formula 1 heads back to Europe for a long run of summer races. The first stop is Barcelona, which hosts the Spanish Grand Prix from 21 to 23 June. Prior to that, Pirelli will be running another two day test session, this time at the Mugello circuit on 13 and 14 June, once again with support from Scuderia Ferrari. As was the case last week at Le Castellet, Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz are on driving duty, this time with the Monegasque tackling the first day and the Spaniard the second.

2024 Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix Race Results

2024 Constructor Standings

Here are the team-by-team highlights:

Max Verstappen has won the 2024 Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix, and it was one of the Red Bull driver’s best victories ever. It came at the end of a race that had three different leaders—George Russell, Lando Norris, and Max, of course—from three different teams: Mercedes, McLaren, and Red Bull.

This was Max’s 60^th Formula 1 win, his third in a row in Montreal and the sixth of the season. It is Red Bull’s 119^th win, the fifth at this Grand Prix.

Max Verstappen, Driver, Red Bull Racing

It was a really rewarding victory today, these kind of races are a lot of fun as you don’t know what is going to be thrown at you and I enjoyed racing today. With the weather so bad, it was so easy to make a mistake; we had to be really focused, as one tiny move off the racing line could result in us going off the track into the wall. The Team made all the right calls at the right time and remained really calm. If you look at the last few weekends that we have had in these conditions, we have typically always done well, so that gave me a lot of confidence going into today. We also got quite lucky with the safety car, sometimes it can work for you and sometimes against you but that is racing! Once we were on the slick tyres at the end, the car had a pretty decent pace, and we managed to keep it going until the end. It was a tough weekend, but I am really proud to bring home my 60th win

Sergio Pérez, Driver, Red Bull Racing:

I have lost a lot of momentum recently, and I will be working hard in the next couple of weeks to get back to form. I picked up some damage to my front wing on the first lap when Gasly and I touched, which compromised my first stint and lost us some momentum. There was only one dry line for most of the race and it was so difficult to pass at times. Later the dry line started to open up and as it did my inters were a little bit too used, then when I went onto the new inter and changed front wing I had good pace but it was still tricky to get by. The incident was on me, I touched the wet part into turn six and I couldn’t stop the car, I couldn’t touch the brakes. It has been a very tough couple of weekends, we will regroup, keep our heads down and learn from the weekend. We identified a couple of issues after qualifying, and they meant we would have qualified a lot higher. Hopefully we can be back to our form in Spain and get back to the level we were at earlier in the season. I am confident that there are good tracks coming for us.

CHRISTIAN HORNER, CEO and Team Principal

In a race like today with those variable conditions, so many things can go wrong, but we made the right calls at the right times. McLaren was fast on the inters at the beginning of the race, but getting the crossover onto the slick tyre was really crucial, and once we gave away track position, we had some heat in the tyres and could really push. Max was incredible today. In those conditions, you’re driving with your senses, but everything must work in unison, and the Team lifted itself to the adverse conditions and delivered in every area. There are so many things you can get wrong on a day like today, but happily, we got them right. It was, however, a horrible weekend for Checo, but thankfully, Ferrari didn’t score with either of their cars, and we were able to mitigate the damage. We’ll assess the car once we get back to Europe, and Checo will put this weekend behind him. We know that he’s incredibly resilient and will dust himself off and come back fighting in Barcelona.

The 2024 Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix had nothing but disappointment to offer Scuderia Ferrari HP, with both Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz having to retire from the race in Montreal. The team and the Monegasque are still second in their respective championship classifications and now everything about this weekend will be analysed in depth to ensure that this race remains the only flaw in a season that up until now had lived up to expectations.

The race. The Grand Prix started on a wet track and things immediately got complicated for Charles as a problem with the power unit compromised his pace. Carlos also had a difficult start from the wettest side of the grid, which caused him to drop several places. Leclerc was in damage limitation mode until a car reset in the pits fixed the problem, but by then he had already been lapped and there was no point in adding kilometres on the car with no chance of scoring points. The team therefore called him back to the pits to retire on lap 40. Carlos was just outside the points for a long time, running in a train of cars, all with DRS. It seemed as though his race might come alive after the rain abated and all the cars had switched to slicks. On Medium tyres, Carlos was up to tenth place and had just set his best lap overtaking Alexander Albon for ninth place. However, on lap 53, the Spaniard was caught out by a wet kerb which sent him into a spin. Unfortunately, the Williams driver was right behind and was unable to avoid clipping the Ferrari. The collision ended the race for both of them, in Sainz’s case because of a broken rear wing and damaged floor.

Next round. The team now returns home after what was, by a long way, the worst weekend of the season so far. Time to recharge the batteries and go racing again in a fortnight’s time in Carlos’s home race, the Spanish Grand Prix at the Barcelona-Catalunya circuit.

Carlos Sainz #55

The bottom line today is that the engine issue compromised our race. We were losing substantial lap time compared to the other cars, so we tried to go on slicks, knowing that it was our only chance to try to finish in the points. There was nothing to lose, and I’ve got no regrets about that.

This one hurts, and it’s a significant loss of points for the team, with both of us unable to finish. We will look into the issue we had to ensure it doesn’t happen again.

Charles Leclerc #16

It was a race to forget for the team. We knew today was going to be difficult because we had been struggling all weekend with grip and car handling. The entire race was on the edge, and when I tried to push in the DRS train to overtake, I made a mistake on the kerb. For that, I want to say sorry to the team and to Alex (Albon).

We have work to do ahead of Spain to understand what has happened this weekend and make sure we don’t find ourselves again in this situation in the upcoming races. We move on.

Frédéric Vasseur – Team Principal

This has been a very tough weekend for us. On one side of the garage with Charles, we had an engine issue, which meant we lost around 80 horsepower for about 15 laps. We were hoping for a red flag to be able to reset and restart. There was no red flag, so we had to pit, which cost us a lap. Effectively, that was the end of Charles’ race, as he was lapped.

With Carlos, he did not get a perfect start and so he was in the pack and at one point there was contact in which he damaged the rear wing and also the floor, so it was impossible for him to continue.

For sure, it’s not been a good weekend right from the very beginning. I hope it means we have had all our troubles in the one Grand Prix and that we will be back in Spain in much better shape. We will debrief and look at what we could have done differently. We didn’t expect this weekend to be so difficult especially as our long run pace was good on Friday. It’s a long season, so we will have ups and downs, but I hope we don’t have too many ‘downs’ like this.

George Russell finished third, with Lewis Hamilton fourth, in the 2024 Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix. George lined up in pole position with Lewis Hamilton as the inclement weather on Friday and Saturday continued into the weekend.

Lewis also secured the fastest lap point with his best effort on the final tour. George, therefore, took the 10th podium of his F1 career and the team’s first of the season.

George Russell

I’m disappointed with myself today. I made too many errors that set us back and cost us a chance of victory. I was really pushing the limits out there. That said, it feels great to be disappointed with P3. We’ve made small steps over the past few races, and to come to Canada, get pole position, and a podium is really encouraging. We’ve been one of the fastest cars on track all weekend, so we’ve definitely made progress. There are many positives to take away from here.

The conditions were incredibly challenging out there. Put a wheel even one millimetre offline, and you would be in trouble. Unfortunately, my errors came with consequences, as they let other cars pass. Other drivers made errors, too, but they didn’t come at the same cost. We were still able to battle back to the podium, though, with the pace we had. We will continue to work hard and develop the car, and I’m looking forward to heading to Barcelona.

Lewis Hamilton

We scored some good points for the team today. We’re also looking like we’ve made a step closer to the front this weekend, which is really encouraging. Thank you so much to everyone at Brackley and Brixworth who has worked so hard to deliver our recent updates. It has moved us in the right direction, and we will continue to put in the effort to continue that progress.

On my side, it wasn’t the best weekend. We had the pace to be fighting higher up but we ultimately ended up with P4. I’ll go away and work out what I need to do to come back stronger. I made too many mistakes overall but the positive I will take away is the performance of the car.

Toto Wolff, Team Principal & CEO

It has been an encouraging weekend. We have taken the right steps recently and brought updates that are working well. Directionally, we seem to be adding performance every Grand Prix. Everyone at Brackley and Brixworth continues to work incredibly hard, and it’s great to see their efforts rewarded with our first podium of the year. I hope that we can continue this positive trajectory. Looking ahead to Barcelona, it’s a circuit that really tests a car. We are excited to go there and truly understand where we are performance-wise.

Today’s race was challenging. When you finish P3 and P4, given where we have finished in recent races, then, of course, it is positive. Both drivers know that we could have achieved more, though. We certainly could have taken one or two more positions and then maybe fought for victory. It is a little bittersweet, therefore, but ultimately, if you had said to us before the weekend that we would be third and fourth, then we would have taken it.

Hear from McLaren Formula 1 drivers Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri, and Team Principal Andrea Stella after the 2024 Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix.

After a clean start, both cars held position through the first sequence of corners. Oscar dropped to P5 as Magnussen moved through on the Wet tyre, which is more suited to current conditions. Magnussen pits as the Wet tyre becomes less effective, allowing Oscar to regain his starting position of P4. A Verstappen error allowed Lando to get within one second of the Red Bull just as DRS was enabled. Lando has the pace over the leaders and overtakes Verstappen, heading towards the final chicane. Lando doesn’t take long to get past Russell and now takes over the race lead. The Safety Car is deployed with Sargent stranded on track. The timing is unfortunate for Lando, whose pace is solid. Oscar, however, pits for new Inters. Lando can still pit under the Safety Car on the following lap but re-emerges in P3. Hamilton is the first of the leading pack to pit for slick tyres; Oscar follows suit and pits for new Mediums. Lando stays on the Inters for two laps more than Verstappen and Russell. When he does pit for Mediums, he is just pipped to first at the pit exit by Verstappen. Russell makes the most of his warmer tyres and gets ahead of Lando, but then he runs slightly wide, just enough for Lando to regain his P2. The Safety Car returns as Albon and Sainz collide, leaving Albon in the wall—Russell pits under the Safety Car, which moves Oscar up to P3. There’s contact between Oscar and Russell as the latter attempts to get ahead at the final chicane, but Oscar defends his position. The two Mercedes swap positions, and Hamilton overtakes Oscar for the final podium position. Oscar can’t keep Russell behind him on this occasion, so he drops back to P5. Lando secures our fifth successive podium, bringing his MCL38 home in P2.

Lando Norris

That was eventful! To be honest, I felt like I drove a good race from start to finish. The conditions were so stressful inside the car but very enjoyable at the same time. The first two stints were very strong, but we were a bit unlucky with the Safety Car. Well done to Max Verstappen, who drove a good race and didn’t make any mistakes.

I’m happy with the second. It was good fun out there and we’ve scored good points for the team. The car’s been great all weekend, so thanks to everyone at McLaren. It’s nice to be so close and on the podium again. We’ll keep fighting to get back onto the top step.

Oscar Piastri

P5. It’s obviously not quite the result we wanted on my side of the garage, but we’ve got a good haul of points for the team, and we’ve made more progress in the Constructors’ Championship. The pace that the Mercedes had on the fresh tyres for the final stint was better than we anticipated, but the race had the potential to be chaos so I think we can be pleased with what we’ve done. We will now get our heads down into the triple header, and I look forward to seeing what we can do.

Andrea Stella

As expected, we had an entertaining and exciting Canadian Grand Prix. The field has compressed, and the competition is very tight. The variable weather today meant several drivers were favourites for the win at different stages of the race, and it’s important that Lando was one of those. This is the key message we take away from Montréal: McLaren is competitive, able to take podiums and compete for victory in different conditions.

The timing of the Safety Car was a little unfortunate for Lando because it came when his pace was very strong, and he was in the lead, opening a large gap, but this is racing, and we won’t dwell on it. He drove a very good race. Oscar was very strong also. It’s great to see him in his second season fighting for podiums.

Our focus has to be on improving the car and improving our operations so that we can consistently be at the front like we were here in Canada. We take home a big haul of points, so we consider this a positive outcome. My thanks to the team for another big effort this weekend, and we are going to Spain.

Fernando and Lance secured a positive double points finish at the 2024 Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix, navigating tricky conditions to finish sixth and seventh, respectively.

Rain fell before the start of the Grand Prix, soaking the track. Fernando and Lance started the race on Intermediate tyres.

Though no further rain fell in the race’s early stages, conditions were treacherous as the pack grappled with low levels of grip. As the first half of the race progressed, tyre management became increasingly crucial. The drivers needed to eke out their Inters on a drying track before a second shower arrived.

A Safety Car period sparked by Logan Sargeant’s crash allowed both drivers to pit for fresh Inters just before the rain fell again. Towards the end of the race, the rain abated, providing drivers and teams with the conundrum of when to stop for slick tyres.

The team got the timing to switch right, as Fernando and Lance completed their final stops before keeping things clean to achieve a double-points finish.

Fernando Alonso

I’m super happy with our performance today. It was a tricky race – one of the trickiest I can remember – and the changing conditions kept us on our toes, but we handled it well.

The first stint was really about managing tyres, especially as the track began to dry. Then, we were able to pit for another set of Intermediates under the Safety Car for the second round of rain. We judged the switch to the Hard compound well and kept it on track while others struggled.

The characteristics of this circuit definitely suited our car, but we did a good job of staying focused and making the most of the opportunities that came our way.

Lance Stroll

It was a good race for the team and finishing in sixth and seventh positions in an extremely challenging race weekend is a good result. I think we can be more optimistic heading into Barcelona.

Despite the mixed weather conditions, it ended up being a lonely race for me. There wasn’t much we could do with the top five cars ahead as they were a little bit too fast today, and there were not too many threats behind us.

With the changeable conditions, it was stressful. You had to avoid making a mistake and switch the tyres at the right time. Most importantly, we brought both cars home and scored double points for the team.

Mike Krack, Team Principal:

A busy home race in Montréal – we made good strategic calls at the right time and the team carried out solid pit stops including a double stack when we went to dry tyres.

Lance and Fernando drove faultlessly in difficult conditions and we were rewarded with having both cars finishing in the points in P6 and P7.

I’m pleased Lance was able to get a solid result in front of the Canadian fans. It has been a better weekend for us as we learn more about recent upgrades and extract more performance from the AMR24. Our focus now shifts to Barcelona and Fernando’s home Grand Prix, but we need to keep unlocking more pace to challenge our closest competitors.

Australian driver Daniel Ricciardo produced a composed performance to claim eighth place at the 2024 Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix.

Daniel Ricciardo

Considering all conditions, it was a good weekend from the start, and with a crazy race like that, I’m happy to finish it with some points in the bag. I got a penalty for a jump start, but I was a bit confused because I knew that I didn’t jump the lights, but then I remembered that during the start, I felt that maybe the car was moving. We had a bit of an issue with the car, and we’ll have a look at it, but obviously, this was a backstep for our race. When we pitted for the Inters, we lost a few positions to the cars that stayed out and weren’t really able to get much more out of the new tyres. We jumped out of the point-scoring positions, and the race was kind of getting away from us, but as the track dried towards the end and we were on mediums, I was able to pick my way through a few cars back into the top 10 which was a little bit of a relief. I’m happy it was a fairly smooth weekend for us, and obviously for increasing the gap to the midfield behind us.

Yuki Tsunoda

Today was my mistake, a stupid move, and I’m sorry to the team. They made the right strategy decision and did a good job; it wasn’t easy on the old Inters but I was feeling okay. Also, the call when to change to dry tyres was good. At least I turned it around from Free Practice to qualifying, and that’s good, but today’s disappointing and not the way I should’ve finished the race. It was just about bringing it home.

Laurent Mekies – Team Principal

The 2024 Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix is always one of the toughest events of the year, even without the added pitfalls thrown up by the rain and so to score a few points here is an achievement, even if, based on our grid positions and where we were on track until just a few laps from the end, we could have hoped for more. The penalty for Daniel at the start, due to some very slight clutch dragging, and a couple of moments on track for Yuki cost us a few points, but there are a lot of positives from this weekend: The drivers and the team are really working well together as a solid unit at the track, while back in the factory the efforts of our staff have been equally rewarding and indeed rewarded with both cars in Q3 yet again and points today. Daniel spoke about the fact that Saturday was the tenth anniversary to the exact day of his very first F1 win, which came at this track, and it seems that he likes the place, as seen by his spectacular fifth place in quali and P8 in the race! Also on Saturday, we announced that Yuki is staying with us for another year. It is well-deserved, and it is also very good for him and us to know so early in the season that this matter is not something we have to think about anymore. Yuki also made a great recovery this weekend after a complicated Friday and would have deserved some good points, too. We need to continue with our approach of small steps, one after the other, in every single area. It is moving us race after race towards better positions, and everyone in Faenza and in Bicester is pushing extremely hard to bring some more performance to our car.

MoneyGram Haas F1 Team finished with Nico Hulkenberg 11th, and Kevin Magnussen 12th, at a wet/dry 2024 Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix, Round 9 of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship, held Sunday at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

Kevin Magnussen

Ayao Komatsu, Team Principal

The chance to pick up some points at the 2024 Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix was cruelly snatched away with less than 20 laps to go as the team suffered a double DNF in Montreal.

Alex Albon

Logan Sargeant

Esteban started from P18 on New Intermediates, finished P10: Pit Stop on Lap 44 for New Mediums. Fastest Lap: 1min 17.012secs. Pierre started from P15 on New Intermediates and finished P9: Pit Stops on Lap 25 for New Intermediates and Lap 40 for New Hards. Fastest Lap: 1min 17.013secs.

This is the team’s first double-point finish this season. The team moved up one position in the Constructors’ Championship to 8th place with 5 points.

Esteban Ocon

I am happy that we, the team, could score points with both cars today. We did a mega race starting from the back of the grid to make it into the points, which is fantastic for the team. The team had to fix the car on the grid before the race started, and I am very grateful for their hard work. The energy management was complex towards the end of the race, meaning I needed help to get the battery to its full potential. I was instructed to let Pierre pass two laps to the end to catch Daniel, who was ahead. I let Pierre pass me and lost a place on the second to last lap. I did what was best for the team and respected the instruction I was given.

Pierre Gasly

We can be very “pleased as a team with our result today, with both cars finishing in the points for the first time this year. I had contact with Sergio at the start of the race after Turn 2 and lost a few positions. After that, we focused on fighting our way back. We made some good and opportunistic calls today, pitting early for Hards when the rest of the grid was still on Intermediates. In hindsight, we should have waited another lap, but it worked out well in the end, allowing for a decent pace and gaining back positions we lost at the start. We tried to gain the maximum for the team today and wanted to attack Daniel for P8 at the end of the race by swapping positions. We can be very pleased with our points and everyone’s great teamwork today.

Bruno Famin – Team Principal

Overall, it was a positive team result today with a double-point finish − the first of the season, so well done to the team for a very well-executed race. It is pleasing to bounce back after a difficult day in Qualifying yesterday and make the most of the mixed conditions. We knew that going into the race, it would be crucial to make the right calls at the right time, and the team executed well operationally today, both on strategy and pit stops. We managed to secure three crucial points for the team and move up one position in the Constructors.’

Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber saw the chequered flag in a dramatic 2024 Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix. In a race that went from wet to dry and then did it all again, Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu – both starting from the pit lane after changing their cars’ rear wings – kept their cool in difficult conditions and on a slippery track but could only make up ground enough to finish in 13th and 15th place.

The team will now return to Europe to regroup and prepare for the next races – a testing triple-header in Spain, Austria and Great Britain.

Valtteri Bottas

Today hasn’t been the easiest day in the office. We went for a set-up change to make the car more suitable to these weather conditions, and I think it was the right thing to do – as always, it was good to give it a try, as it allowed us to unlock a bit more downforce. Staying out while on intermediate tyres was the correct move; we tried to be aggressive later with the slicks, but we possibly went a lap too early. We eventually didn’t make it into the top ten today, and I don’t feel like we could have achieved much more than this with our pace – our on-track progress was more due to other cars making mistakes or retiring. Looking ahead, we need to keep working on bringing updates to make our car faster; we do have bigger upgrades lined up, and I’m positive that’s the key to progress. Barcelona will be close as well, and we know we have work to do ahead of it: getting back into Q2 will be the first step, and then we’ll work up from there.

Zhou Guanyu

Today has proven to be another tough race for us, on top of what has overall been a challenging weekend. While there was quite a lot going on during the race, it’s been a lonely race for me, especially in the second half. Similarly to Monaco, I didn’t feel too confident with the car, especially in terms of braking and cornering. Coming out of a weekend like this, we’ll need to sit down and investigate our issues to address them ahead of Barcelona.

Alessandro Alunni Bravi, Team Representative

Following yesterday’s difficult qualifying session, we opted to change the setup on both cars this morning to try and maximise any opportunity in case of a wet race. We changed the rear wing, aiming for a high downforce level – a risk that we decided to take as we looked for opportunities to fight for points. Considering how the race developed, from a weather point of view, it was the correct decision, although our performance ultimately didn’t allow us to fight closer to the top ten. With Valtteri, we decided to stay out during the first Safety Car period, as his intermediate tyres were in good condition. This allowed him to recover positions and place himself in thirteenth place; he then pitted for a new set of mediums but struggled more to bring the tyres to the right temperature, losing some ground and eventually not managing to stay close to those in front during the final part of the race. Zhou endured a much more difficult race, facing similar problems with tyre temperatures; he found himself alone for most of the race, finding it difficult to benefit from DRS and getting a proper reference. It’s been an overall difficult weekend for him, especially after a tough Monaco: we will now work closely to examine everything that didn’t work out and to help him come back to Barcelona on a new page. Despite a lack of performance and no points to our name after nine races, we are not giving up and are determined to analyse our performance and identify all areas in which to improve. Both trackside and back home in Hinwil, we are keen on progressing together.