Stoffel Vandoorne

#SV2  MCL32-04

Finished DNF – suspension damage following incident with Massa (32 laps)

Fastest lap 1m27.554s on lap 14 (+3.961s, 18th)

Pit-stops One: lap 12 (3.07s), [Prime/Option]

“I don’t want to blame anyone, and in my personal opinion it was just a racing incident.

“The manoeuvre on Jolyon [Palmer] was my first overtake this season, so at least I got something out of the race. The fact that that move felt so good shows that our package still isn’t strong enough, and we’re still not in a position to fight with the others. But we’ve taken a step forward for this race with the upgrades we brought here, and some areas are definitely improving, but in the race we’re still struggling a bit. Hopefully we can carry some more improvements into the next race.

“I don’t want to make any predictions for Monaco, but the chassis has been improving, and hopefully we’ll bring a couple more updates that will pay off. We’ll have to wait and see, and try our best; that’s all we can do at the moment.”