Baku City Circuit – 51 laps – 6.003km – 20 corners

Starting position: P9
Race result: DNF

The weekend through OP’s visor

Quali…

“It was a difficult session, especially at the end with a scrappy lap that wasn’t good enough. With a bit of rain, and difficult track conditions it’s hard to know how much risk to take and this time it didn’t pay off. Looking ahead to tomorrow, the pace looks good so we’ll work hard to make up the positions we lost today.”

The race…

“Obviously not the weekend we were looking for in Baku. I made a mistake at the start and then locked up. I want to apologise to the team, especially the mechanics after they did such a great job to get my car back together after Qualifying. We just need to keep our heads down, review, and put this one behind us before coming back stronger next race weekend.”