Haas’ drivers Romain Grosjean and Esteban Gutierrez were happy after getting the performance out of both cars to get into Q2 in qualifying for the second successive race in Spain.
Grosjean set a lap time of 1m24.480s to finish the session in 14th place, just a couple of tenths away from the time of Fernando Alonso in tenth, while Gutierrez finished 16th with a lap time of 1m24.778s.
“I think we did a great job and everyone worked very hard overnight to get a better car,” Grosjean said. “It’s very close and tight in terms of lap times.
“We couldn’t make it to Q3, but we weren’t that far off. We need to find some more speed but, generally, I’m very pleased with the way we worked. I’m very proud of all the guys.”
Gutierrez suffered an electrical problem in second practice yesterday, but he was happy with his performance to bounce back from a small amount of lost time.
“It was a great effort from the whole team to recover after the problems from yesterday,” the Mexican said. “Today, I really enjoyed extracting the maximum on every run.
“I found a little inconsistency between the different sets of tyres, but that’s something we can look into and try to improve to really get the best out of our setup. Now I’m looking ahead to the race tomorrow and fighting for positions. I’m excited to get back out there.”
