Team Talk - Sunday in Suzuka

Haas F1 Team

Kevin Magnussen, Haas F1 Team, Japanese Grand Prix

Romain Grosjean
"It's our second double-score for the team, so that's pretty awesome. I'm very happy for the team. I knew yesterday I had some great pace in the car. I couldn't show it as I was always behind Kevin all race long, but I had much more pace in the car. I wish I could've been ahead. I think I could've fought with the Force Indias, so that's pretty good. We figured out how to get the tyres to work a little bit better. It's clearly the key. When they work, it's so much faster. When they don't, you just struggle. We still need to improve that, but I felt much better in the car. I was happy with the brakes, everything went well. It's going to be great heading to Austin now for our second race there. It's such a cool track. I'm looking forward to seeing all the fans welcoming us and, hopefully, getting some more points there, as well."

Kevin Magnussen
"I enjoyed my race. We maximized our potential as a team getting P8 and P9 and scoring points. I don't think we could've hoped for better, so I'm happy for us. I feel I've had some good races lately, but just haven't had that bit of luck that I needed to get the points. Today, it worked out. Hopefully, I can keep this going and score more points over the last bit of the season. Results like today are definitely not easy to get. You need to get everything right, and I think we did today, so well done to the team."

Guenther Steiner, team principal
"It's a great result for the team. It's our second time with two cars in the points. Both drivers drove a great race. It was flawless. It's the best we can do and we did it. I'm very proud of everybody. It was a weekend that started badly. It was complex, but it ended well and that's all that counts."