Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari di Imola, Sunday 25 August

In the last two weeks we’ve had very conflicting results—Monaco being one of our peak performances and San Marino being our lowest.

Despite qualifying 11th in Monaco, Daniil Kvyat managed to climb up to 6th place in the race overtaking his teammate, Vandoorne who qualified in 6th and finished in 7th—just 4 seconds adrift of Daniil.

Bad luck however struck again last week with a double DNF in Imola. Both drivers were sitting in points-scoring positions before they retired from the race. Vandoorne was in 7th before his crash on lap 2 and Kvyat in 8th on lap 49.

DANIIL KVYAT

Race: Monaco San Marino Started: 11th 16th Finished: 6th DNF (lap 49, 17th) Fastest Lap: 1m24.082s (on lap 49) 1m27.381s (on lap 41) Tyres Used: S, US, US, US SS, SS, SS, SS

“I like Monaco it’s a nice track for sure. Got some good points and I’ve never crashed in the race two years in a row so that’s a bonus for me.

“Sure I didn’t finish in Imola but I won’t let the pressure get to me and I’ll be back next race even better.”

STOFFEL VANDOORNE

Race: Monaco San Marino Started: 6th 7th Finished: 7th DNF (lap 3, 20th) Fastest Lap: 1m24.300s (on lap 50) 1m28.433s (on lap 2) Tyres Used: S, US, US, US SS

“I’ve been practicing in the simulator a lot lately so I’m happy that my work has paid off. My qualifying pace has improved a lot but in the end it’s the race that counts.

“Monaco was great as usual but last week I think could’ve gone better.”

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“I don’t have anything to do with the racing but I heard that the race crew are thinking of bringing in 4 new sets of power units next race in case some of them fail. Whether it’s the old ones or the upgraded ones, I don’t know.

“Behind the scenes Kvyat looked really happy in Monaco. For sure he’s always happy but he was especially happy that weekend. Rented a whole yacht just for the team.”