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Valtteri Bottas has been handed a 3-place grid penalty for the Miami Sprint for impeding Oscar Piastri in SQ1.
We saw really strong performance from the car in Sprint Qualifying but ultimately, it wasn't rewarded in the session that counted.
Clearly the medium is the most suitable tyre to complete the 19 lap Sprint. However, we don't feel able to rule out the soft completely, as it could provide a significant grip advantage in the first few laps.
It was a very good qualifying for us in the end and it looked for a while in Q2, on the medium tyre, that we weren't potentially the strongest car.
Today we saw a situation similar to last weekend's qualifying when the circumstances can change massively from one compound to another.
There are no excuses for today: when you finish 17th and 18th, it is clear that we have missed something in terms of preparation and execution.
It is obviously disappointing to be so close and miss out on the top-10 by only half a tenth.
Today's team representatives press conference with Laurent Mekies, Mike Krack, James Vowles and Zak Brown.
Overall, it was a pretty good session; the target was always to get both cars into SQ2 which we managed.
We made a number of set-up changes between FP1 and SQ but unfortunately, they didn't pay off.
Max Verstappen quickest in opening session, ahead of Oscar Piastri and Carlos Sainz, as an early spin for Charles Leclerc sees Monegasque fail to set a competitive time.