Kvyat who started on the second row in fourth position for the race, lost out to both Mercedes whilst running fourth due to a safety car, but managed to pick up some strong points with sixth place.
The Russian said that the timing of the safety car hindered his chances of a better result as he had pitted a lap before it was deployed in the first stint, he added that it wasn’t one of his greatest races, with traffic and little opportunities for him to overtake them also left him struggling.
“I was unlucky with the timing of the Safety Car as I pitted a lap before it came out. It seemed the Safety Cars didn’t like me at all today, it must be something personal! But that’s life.”
“That worked against us and it wasn’t a good race for me, but we couldn’t have done anything else. I lost two places to Mercedes after the first stop and a place to Bottas after the second one. After that, I was always in traffic behind cars that were a tiny bit faster down the straights, which was just enough for me to be unable to pass.”
Kvyat admitted there was some positive’s to the race, with keeping the car on the track and scoring points and added that he is happy with how the car and team have performed this weekend.
“On the plus side, we kept it on the track and scored some points. The team did a very good job this weekend and the car worked very well. 8 points is the maximum we could have got with all that bad luck. My time will come. Our car has always worked well in the corners, so our team’s result here is not so surprising.”
