“The getaway was nice and I was catching up pretty quickly”

Valtteri, you got away well at the start – but what happened later on in the first corner with Kimi?

Yes, the start again was good. The getaway was nice and I was catching up pretty quickly on the guys in front. But this time there was nowhere to go. I was looking first to go left but there wasn't quite enough space. Then I tried on the inside because there was the gap initially but then Sebastian closed it and I was stuck behind him going into Turn One. I tried to keep inside and, of course, the guys on the outside always try to overtake you. It was unlucky that me and Kimi collided. It was all a little bit too tight and close. It was a shame what happened to the guys afterwards. But in racing when it’s close sometimes you collide and that’s how it goes. I was trying to keep my position and there was no more space. After the contact I really struggled in the first stint. We are still looking to see if everything is okay or not with the car. I suspect not because the gap in pace to the guys in front was way too big. For me that's the main thing to understand why in the first stint my pace was so far off. We changed the strategy to try a one stop which could have rewarded us in the end but, with the Virtual Safety Car, Seb and Lewis got a nearly free pit stop, so I didn’t get the gain I could have had. But I still should have finished the day on the podium today. For sure it’s really disappointing – but we took a risk going to the old engine. We knew it was running out of mileage but it was the only option that we could have chosen to qualify. That's life.