A very well-executed day by the entire team brings us a strong qualifying result - and full credit to Lance and Fernando.
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We take the positive of a competitive car and the learning for the team on a missed opportunity.
Tomorrow we will be focussing on the Sprint which will be our first opportunity to see how the car behaves in race trim, which is where we have suffered most in recent races.
We need to work hard: there's not a single area to improve, we need to improve under every aspect to fight for the points.
It was frustrating to end up P5 and P6, but if we can get through the Aston Martins in the early stages of Sunday then we'll be in the fight for a podium.
We have two opportunities to score points this weekend, so while Sprint weekends are a challenge on set up, we want to maximise this chance all we can.
We must continue to focus on our own performance, to move forward and to do better in every area, especially when it comes to tyre management and race strategy.
While the race at Mexico City wasn't easy, the atmosphere at this team is special and everything is gradually coming together.
It is another Sprint Race this weekend so it will be important to be on top of everything from the beginning. We will work hard to have a good weekend and hope to put on a good show.
We have shown an improvement in terms of qualifying pace, and the next step is to further improve our race pace, too.
We maybe expected a little bit more from the upgrade, but then it's still a little bit up and down because Austin was a Sprint weekend with not a lot of testing, and Mexico had such high altitude.
Mercedes has announced that Chief Technical Officer, Mike Elliott has left the team after 11 years at Brackley.
With the final Sprint event of the season, there's a bigger prospect to score points and we aim to maximise our opportunities across the weekend.