“Really happy, it is the best race we could have done. I really enjoyed it as well as there was some really good fighting, especially on Lap 1 with Fernando [Alonso] and Pierre [Gasly], honestly I had a lot of fun and overtook a few cars as well,” the rookie said.
“Good pace on the medium was I think our strength and we made the most of it, extended on the soft, honestly we played it really well today. It’s just a shame at the end that Nico [Hulkenberg] on new tyres got us but, you know, he was way too fast for us.”
Hadjar has finished ninth, sixth and seventh in the first three European races, helping Racing Bulls rise above Haas in the championship. It is a far cry from how his season started, following his formation lap crash in Australia.
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“I feel like I couldn’t have imagined a better triple header, three points finishes in a row is definitely great, good momentum and I feel like the car is finding a bit more pace and we also know how to extract it. So, I think the momentum is great,” he added.
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