2024 Formula 1 Dutch Grand Prix Highlights

Esteban started from P15 on New Mediums and finished P15: Pit Stop on Lap 30 for New Hards. Fastest Lap: 1min 15.390secs. Pierre started from P9 on New Mediums and finished P9: Pit Stop on Lap 32 for New Hards. Fastest Lap: 1min 14.855secs.

Esteban Ocon

It’s a weekend for us to learn from, as I came here with different expectations. Overall, it was a tricky race day and a tough weekend. Finishing in the fifteenth was our end position, and all I could achieve was cars ahead and traffic throughout on a challenging track for overtaking. We need to understand why we struggled here and where we can improve, which we will do together as a team. On the other hand, there are some positives to take away from Zandvoort, such as Pierre showing a good pace and scoring valuable points for the team. We only have a few days to turn things around and return more substantial next week at Monza.

I look forward to racing there again and seeing what some of the track changes might bring.

Pierre Gasly

It was a fun race today, and coming away with some points is always nice. I’m thrilled with the progress we made as a team since Friday, and in the end, we managed to turn things around and become the best team after the top four. Off the line, I passed Fernando [Alonso] and Lance [Stroll] outside of Turn 1. That massively helped our race as I had a good track position and could manage the race and look after the tyres. After the pit stop, we had some overtakes to make, and I had confidence in the car to brake and keep a good line outside of Turn 1. There were exciting moves, and we’ve come away with two points. We continue to show signs of progress and hopefully keep that going.

Oliver Oakes – Team Principal

I’m pleased that the team came away from Zandvoort with points on the board in a race where we were the fifth-fastest team. We made good progress after a tricky Friday, which is credited to the work done overnight into Qualifying. The race had good strategy calls, such as extending the first stint, racing the Aston Martins, and allowing the drivers to push to the end, so credit them also. Before the race, we hoped to try at least to maintain position, knowing that would be difficult due to some cars being out of position behind us. Pierre drove a great race, crucially getting ahead of both Aston Martins early on and pulling off some good overtakes to pick up two crucial points for the team. Esteban’s day was a little compromised from the start after a problematic Qualifying yesterday, and he also ultimately finished where he started on a track that’s notoriously hard to overtake. With the double-header, we don’t have to wait long until Monza, which we expect will be a little trickier for us.

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