Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Sunday 11 August

Turkey was a good improvement from our subpar performance in Bahrain. Daniil Kvyat qualified 5th while his teammate suffered from team miscommunication which left him 11th in qualifying. Fortunately, the two drove well in the race scoring a handful of points with Kvyat in 7th and Vandoorne finishing in 9th. A Turkey-special Turkey was then served at the race afterparty to celebrate. but I didn’t get any after a certain someone ate it all

Spain was even more of a delight with Daniil qualifying in 4th and Stoffel in 6th—both their highest qualifying position so far in the season. In the race, their good luck continued finishing in 5th and 7th respectively—also their highest finishing positions.

DANIIL KVYAT

Race: Turkey Spain Started: 5th 4th Finished: 7th 5th Fastest Lap: — 1m31.565s (on lap 35) Tyres Used: — M, SS, SS, SS

“I’m very happy with our performance in the last two weeks. The car felt great and for me there is nothing to complain about.

“The guys have done a great job on the car for sure.”

STOFFEL VANDOORNE

Race: Turkey Spain Started: 11th 6th Finished: 9th 7th Fastest Lap: — 1m31.777s (on lap 35) Tyres Used: — M, SS, SS, SS

“The team have been working hard to improve reliability and it’s showed. There’s been nothing but progress and I want to thank the team for all the work that they’ve done which helped me score some good points.

“I know that we’ll only keep improving from now on and I’m excited to see how we’ll go.”

M. Linguini – Head Chef, Aston Martin Racing

“It’s great to see that the pizza I made, especially for Stoffel, has been very effective. He says that it kept him full for a whole day so he didn’t have to eat more and gain more weight and lose more time in the race.

“But then I also saw him hide a couple of slices in his car and I think that cost him 0.002 seconds per lap. But I don’t blame him, I’m happy that he likes the food that I cook. “