Lando Norris: “An affordable day. Having swapped out for Pato in FP1 I used to be taking part in a little bit of catch-up and I am nonetheless a little bit bit behind, however I believe we made an honest begin to the weekend. We’ll make some tweaks in a single day and attempt to take a step ahead tomorrow.”
Daniel Ricciardo: “That was good enjoyable. We had a little bit little bit of a restrict on operating as a consequence of managing an oil leak however nonetheless had a fairly good day, we had been pretty aggressive. Just some extra issues to seek out for tomorrow, however I believe we’re in a great spot.”
Pato O’Ward: “It was a extremely satisfying expertise at present. We obtained a number of curveballs thrown at us, which made issues a little bit bit more difficult and clearly quite a lot of data that is not a part of driving the automotive that I needed to digest – however all-in-all I felt it was a profitable first FP1. I obtained quite a lot of checks achieved for the staff and hope these can be an excellent assist for them for this weekend. For me, each lap I get within the automotive I believe I make progress. so hopefully I get one other shot subsequent 12 months and simply hold bettering.”
Andrea Stella, Govt Director, Racing: “We’ve got had a productive day on the Yas Marina Circuit. There have been a few glitches that affected our programme however we’re pleased with the information we gathered. We learnt concerning the automotive, some aerodynamic improvement objects we had been testing, and gathered good data on tyres. We have additionally had Pato on the wheel for his first FP1 session and first run within the MCL36. He confirmed wonderful management and gave us precisely what we requested for, so properly achieved Pato! Our job now’s to make use of the information we have gathered at present and put together in addition to potential for tomorrow’s qualifying session and Sunday’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. We wish to end the 2022 season on a excessive.”
