“I actually forgot that!” the 29-year-old laughed. “A very different picture. I’m so happy, honestly – it was a very special lap in Q2, in Q3, when you get this excitement coming out of the last corner after your lap.
“I just knew it was good, but didn’t expect to be that good relative to the others. I’m just very happy for the whole team because it hasn’t been easy, these first few races, and even this weekend honestly it has been quite tricky.
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“Even in Q1 I didn’t feel fully comfortable in the car, but step by step [and with] little things, we managed to really pull that out. [I’m] very pleased and excited for tomorrow.”
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