Russell: Espero que podamos luchar por el podio.

      George Russell terminó la clasificación con el cuarto mejor tiempo y reconoció honestamente que hoy no aspiraba a la pole, aunque no ocultó que estaba molesto, pues cedió ante el piloto que saldrá desde la primera fila por apenas unas centésimas de segundo.

      George Russell (4.º): «Para ser sincero, estaba bastante contento con la vuelta que hice, pero cuando, al terminar la intentona, supe que había perdido ante Lando Norris, que saldrá desde la segunda fila, por apenas un par de centésimas, fue muy frustrante.

      Si hablamos del próximo Gran Premio, hay que ser realistas: será una lucha intensa, pero subir por encima del tercer puesto será muy difícil. Veremos qué ritmo podrán tener mañana los pilotos de McLaren, pero espero que Oscar Piastri se abra paso rápidamente hacia adelante, porque los adelantamientos en este circuito funcionan bien.

      Espero que podamos luchar por el podio, pero con la misma facilidad le puede sonreír la suerte a cualquiera; recordemos que Carlos Sainz terminó tercero en el sprint de hoy.

      Es imposible planear exactamente cómo será la salida, pero hay que mentalizarse bien y reaccionar con rapidez: cuando el coche arranque, hay que evaluar correctamente la situación, entender si hay coches a tu izquierda, y entonces desplazarse hacia el lado opuesto e intentar frenar lo más tarde posible.

      En general, las acciones solo se pueden planear de forma muy aproximada, puesto que hay que estar preparado para cualquier desarrollo de los acontecimientos».

      Kimi Antonelli (7.º): «Esperaba poder conseguir un mejor resultado en la clasificación. En ninguna de las intentonas de la sesión final logramos hacer una vuelta perfecta, y todo terminó con que dejamos pasar a varios coches.

      Sin duda, podríamos haber luchado por la quinta posición si hubiéramos conseguido encajarlo todo. Soplo mucho viento, su dirección cambiaba de vuelta en vuelta, especialmente al final de la segunda sesión y al comienzo de la siguiente. Por eso no trabajamos bien, y ahora hay que esforzarse por mejorar para seguir avanzando.

      No obstante, tengo ganas de la carrera de mañana. La dirección del viento cambiará de nuevo, y eso probablemente afectará al balance del W16. Pero el ritmo durante el sprint fue bueno, así que intentaremos aprovecharlo el domingo para recuperar algunas posiciones».

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Both Williams drivers scored points in Saturday’s sprint in Austin, so James Vowles is very pleased, and his joy is not even overshadowed by the fact that Alex Albon failed to make it into the second part of qualifying due to a track limits infringement. James Vowles, team principal: “A wonderful day for our team, as we scored another 9 points, and both drivers contributed to that. It was the first sprint in which we managed to get on the podium, and I’m proud of that. It’s also good that Carlos will start tomorrow’s Grand Prix from ninth. I think he’ll have the opportunity to move forward. In Alex’s case we’ve had differential problems on his car all weekend, and despite that he had a great sprint and finished sixth. The team did a great job on his car before qualifying, and the changes that were made were positive in nature, however the chassis balance changed noticeably. The car’s behavior became less predictable, and that led to Alex not being able to fully unlock the FW47’s potential. But I’m confident that overall the car is effective, and he will be able to make up positions.” Carlos Sainz (9th): “It was another successful day, and I’m pleased with how qualifying went. We executed cleanly, and the car was capable of a strong pace, but unfortunately the wind picked up for the final session and it became harder to drive. That said, ninth place is broadly in line with our performance. I’m in a confident mood ahead of tomorrow’s race, and I hope to put on a show that gives these wonderful fans another reason to cheer! Our job is to fight our way forward through the pack. I hope we can keep up with the cars starting from higher positions. And the ultimate goal is to score as many points for the team as possible, so we’ll be focusing on the race.” Alex Albon (19th): “The day started fairly normally, we had a good sprint, avoided trouble, gained a few positions and picked up a few points. Already on Friday we found that my car had differential problems, and before the sprint we couldn’t make setup changes in time, so in qualifying the car had completely different settings and balance. Now we need to analyze the telemetry data in detail, but I felt that the understeer was more pronounced than usual. Overall the changes were the right ones, but we should have worked on the setup for longer, and there was no time left for that. It’s a shame that my final quick lap was deleted due to going off track, as we should have at least made it into the second session. We’ll see how tomorrow unfolds.” Both Williams drivers scored points in Saturday’s sprint in Austin, so James Vowles is very pleased, and his joy is not even overshadowed by the fact that Alex Albon failed to make it into the second part of qualifying due to a track limits infringement. James Vowles, team principal: “A wonderful day for our team, as we scored another 9 points, and both drivers contributed to that. It was the first sprint in which we managed to get on the podium, and I’m proud of that. It’s also good that Carlos will start tomorrow’s Grand Prix from ninth. I think he’ll have the opportunity to move forward. In Alex’s case we’ve had differential problems on his car all weekend, and despite that he had a great sprint and finished sixth. The team did a great job on his car before qualifying, and the changes that were made were positive in nature, however the chassis balance changed noticeably. The car’s behavior became less predictable, and that led to Alex not being able to fully unlock the FW47’s potential. But I’m confident that overall the car is effective, and he will be able to make up positions.” Carlos Sainz (9th): “It was another successful day, and I’m pleased with how qualifying went. We executed cleanly, and the car was capable of a strong pace, but unfortunately the wind picked up for the final session and it became harder to drive. That said, ninth place is broadly in line with our performance. I’m in a confident mood ahead of tomorrow’s race, and I hope to put on a show that gives these wonderful fans another reason to cheer! Our job is to fight our way forward through the pack. I hope we can keep up with the cars starting from higher positions. And the ultimate goal is to score as many points for the team as possible, so we’ll be focusing on the race.” Alex Albon (19th): “The day started fairly normally, we had a good sprint, avoided trouble, gained a few positions and picked up a few points. Already on Friday we found that my car had differential problems, and before the sprint we couldn’t make setup changes in time, so in qualifying the car had completely different settings and balance. Now we need to analyze the telemetry data in detail, but I felt that the understeer was more pronounced than usual. Overall the changes were the right ones, but we should have worked on the setup for longer, and there was no time left for that. It’s a shame that my final quick lap was deleted due to going off track, as we should have at least made it into the second session. We’ll see how tomorrow unfolds.”

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