Circuit de Monaco, Principality of Monaco

Shintaro Orihara, Trackside General Manager and Chief Engineer: "Here in Monaco, track running time is important to give driver confidence and to gather data in order to optimise the engine performance. Today we built up a lot of mileage and gathered data throughout. We also tested our engine mapping in several different scenarios, preparing for tomorrow and the race. This included consecutive push laps, long runs and one lap runs.

“A focus tonight and heading into tomorrow will be improving driveability. The drivers are still lacking confidence in the corners so we will work on this ready for qualifying.”