Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Spain
Shintaro Orihara, Trackside General Manager and Chief Engineer: “First and foremost, it is always a pleasure to race in front of such passionate Spanish fans, and this year at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix is no exception.
“The free practice sessions today ran without any major issues, and we were able to work through the fine-tuning of our power unit settings. Unfortunately, our pace isn’t where we would like it to be, so we will use the data collected to optimise our set-up ahead of tomorrow’s qualifying. The aim is to extract the best possible performance out of our current PU package.”