Firstly, it was nice to see so many fans in the grandstands today. As drivers, we can really feel and feed off the support, especially after the positive news earlier today about continuing for next season with the team. After that, though, focus and attention quickly switched to what's happening on track and trying to maximise the performance this weekend. It was super tight out there with fine margins throughout the leaderboard, which is to be expected with the short nature of this track. I feel like there is more in myself and the package and that we're looking more competitive here this weekend, at least from today's running. The forecast tomorrow looks mixed, so it could be a lot of fun and we'll be prepared whatever the weather.

On one side, I am very happy, on the other I am very frustrated with the end result in Sprint Qualifying. Today's pace and overall performance was good and the car was feeling a lot better than it has for quite a long time. That is positive and gives us some things to look at and try to understand. We definitely had the pace for the top ten today. In SQ1 we were fast, then SQ2 we were improving before a yellow flag for the Ferrari ruined our last push lap. It's a bit frustrating as it's the first time for a few months that I have had a good feeling in the car and the potential to put it in the top ten. We will focus on tomorrow and take the positives. We have the speed for Qualifying, in the dry, and probably in the wet, if it rains. I feel we can be in the mix so we will give it another go and really push for a better result.

It feels great to be back here at Interlagos. This circuit has always been very special to me. The car felt good in FP1, and to reach SQ3 this afternoon and finish P5 is a strong result. Today was a good boost for the team and a positive way to start the race weekend. Hopefully we can keep this level of performance tomorrow, but you never know what can happen here.

I love coming back to this track. There is so much passion for the sport in Brazil and the fans are amazing. It's just a lot of fun to drive here and we got some nice laps in today. The car was feeling good and we will be starting the Sprint tomorrow morning from P7. It's still early in the weekend and we will see how the rest of the weekend goes. Hopefully we can fight for some points tomorrow and there could be some rain so anything is possible.

Despite everyone’s best efforts, today obviously didn’t work out as planned due to events that were ultimately out of our control. We’ve made good progress in recent races and built solid momentum, so it was a shame not to see that reflected in today’s results, but I’m confident we’ll recover. The focus now is learning from the day, and coming back stronger for the rest of the weekend.

It was a tricky qualifying for us today, from SQ1 to SQ3. The car felt alright, but we didn’t have the performance we needed, so we have some work to do and improvements to make going forward. I don’t think that we are off in terms of set-up, so we will see how things go. We will be back for the Sprint and try to turn things around tomorrow.

My first lap in SQ2 was okay. I lost a bit of time at Turn 4, so going into my second lap I was actually quite confident because I had a really good feeling in the car. On my second lap, I lost a tenth and a half, and we know how tight the margins are around here, so it’s a shame. I think there’s a lot of potential in the car, so we just need to fine-tune things tomorrow.

I had the wrong track position for a lot of it. My first run wasn’t very clean, and there was traffic in places, but on my second run, I’ve never overtaken that many cars before – it must’ve been like 10 or 12. There is a lot more pace in the car, so it’s been a disappointing session, and we need to review. The weekend is far from over, though, so we’ll bounce back tomorrow.

Q1 was quite good: we managed to do a clean lap, and I was happy with how everything came together. In Q2, I just lacked a bit in sector one on my first push, and while the second lap felt better, my tyres were not quite there anymore. That’s on me – I should’ve tried to get more out of that first push. Still, it’s my first time driving on this track and I’m really enjoying it. The atmosphere here is amazing: the fans have been giving so much support, it’s incredible. I wanted to give them a bit more today, but we’ll keep pushing and look to deliver tomorrow and on Sunday.

Overall, it was a clean session. Shootouts can always be tense, and this place isn’t the easiest to navigate in terms of traffic, but I think we got the most out of it today. We’ve been working hard behind the scenes to unlock more performance, and hopefully that carries through into tomorrow. Points are the goal, as always. The midfield is incredibly tight this season, so every opportunity really counts.

Today’s Sprint Qualifying session was really good. SQ1 was a little bit more stressful than expected, as we finished it in P15, but the car felt good and I was confident my lap was going to be good enough to get through. I was able to build from there and find a good rhythm for SQ2 and SQ3.

My first push lap in SQ3 was looking really strong but a mistake at turn 10 likely cost me pole position for tomorrow’s Sprint. Many other drivers had moments though, so the conditions clearly weren’t easy; it’s a difficult track too but very enjoyable to drive. P2 is a good position to start from tomorrow and I want to thank the team, both in Brackley and Brixworth, for giving us the car to perform as we did today.

A good start to the weekend today. The team did a good job to get us in a decent position, and some nice laps were enough to secure the Sprint Pole. There’s still a little bit of work for us to do ahead of Qualifying tomorrow to get us even more comfortable in the car, but we’re in a good spot. We’ll focus first on the Sprint tomorrow, which could be interesting given the weather, but we’ll just go out and focus on having the best Sprint we can before turning our attention to Quali.

P3, a decent session and day overall. The car was a little bit tricky in Sprint Quali, but I feel much happier today than I have over the last couple of weeks, which is good. Just some things to tidy up to put us in the best position for tomorrow, but ultimately, I am happy.

P2 and P4 are good positions for us to be starting from tomorrow. We had strong pace across the whole of Sprint Qualifying and the car balance felt good. That is encouraging for us given how close the fight for P2 in the Constructor’s Championship is. Hopefully we can carry that speed and momentum into the rest of the weekend.

The weather forecast for tomorrow shows that we may have rain on the way. Even if that is the case, I am confident that we will have the car underneath us to fight with our rivals and to score important points in the Sprint. From there, it is onwards to Qualifying where we will be aiming for a similar performance as we’ve put together today.

We had quite a good Sprint Qualifying and everything went well before SQ3, where we committed to only one final lap on the Soft tyre. It was a bit of a learning lap as it was the first time we tried this tyre here. Normally, you just expect more grip on a softer compound but it seemed like it was hard to finish a lap on it, so overall I felt more comfortable on the Mediums. Tomorrow in the Sprint we start just one place away from points, so we’ll try our best to gain a few places.

The car has been very quick today, however we didn't complete a second lap in SQ1. We came out of the garage for the second run and everyone was slowing down at the pit exit, meaning I ran out of time. We'll of course review what happened and learn from it as a team, however it's going to be tough starting from so far behind. That being said, it's important to take the positives from having a quick car ahead of Qualifying tomorrow.

The lap itself actually felt okay and I couldn't see a mistake in it, so it's a shame to not go beyond SQ1. I struggled with the grip throughout the lap and in practice also, which has been challenge for us to get on top of so far. Of course, we lost a little bit of time in practice which didn't help but it didn't make a major difference to the performance in SQ1. Actually what we got out of FP1 in the end was good, I got time in both the long and short runs which we'll take into tomorrow. We'll have to see what the weather brings, it could be mixed conditions and I don't have a preference either way.

Today has not been our day both this morning during FP1 and this afternoon for the Sprint Quali. I had a lot of vibration in the car and general ride problems which really isn't what we want, I wouldn't say that it is any worse than yesterday, but we are definitely suffering with a lack of grip. Our middle sector wasn't great either and I struggled to get the car to turn but at the same time I also couldn't really rely on the rears, so the overall performance is quite poor I would say. We are slightly lacking something and I don't expect that it will be miles better in the wet but let’s see, tomorrow is a new day and you never know what a change in weather could bring.

I think we knew we were going to struggle a bit at this circuit. There's a lot of lap time just in getting the balance of the car right, but I don't know if it's totally achievable. I don't know if it's a little bit more fundamental in the car, however we'll try and fix it between the Sprint and qualifying tomorrow. It was tricky but I don't think we're in a bad place. The positives are that we improved the car a lot from practice to Sprint qualifying, and we're heading in the right direction.

We simply didn’t do a good Sprint qualifying today. My first run was messy with traffic and getting the tyres up to temperature but the second run we made our life more difficult and almost didn’t get two laps in. Ultimately, I finish this session not knowing the limit or performance of the car, so it’s not ideal. Looking at FP1, I know there was more in it, so we’ll learn from today and hopefully execute a better session tomorrow.