Speaking after Sunday’s race Hulkenberg was asked if McLaren’s performance surprised him:

Yes, they were pretty bad today. Today, in a way, bad, I mean we beat one of them. Carlos [Sainz Jnr] wasn’t far ahead of us, I believe. It was only a few seconds.

Looking at Friday’s pace and [Saturday’s] pace we were more worried [whether] we could take the fight with them today too. We were able again to do it today and I expected a bit more from them today.