Haas, which had merely reinforced the floor on its cars in a bid to do away with the porpoising, as opposed to a raft of upgrades, had both its drivers in the Top Ten shoot-out, one of only four teams to do so.
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Today's post-qualifying press conference with Charles Leclerc, Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz.
We can be happy with how today went, but we are not getting carried away when it comes to tomorrow's race.
We know our car tends to be stronger in race trim, so both drivers will be in a condition to battle the cars around them and hopefully bring home some more points.
Degradation will definitely be a factor tomorrow, with temperatures predicted to be perhaps even hotter than today, so this is likely to be the most challenging race of the year for tyres so far, where management and strategy will be key to success.
Our set-up is race-biased rather than qualifying-biased, so we're hopeful of making good progress.
In these temperatures it's all going to be about tyre degradation and management, so it will be a very close and fascinating race tomorrow.
We feel frustrated by today's outcome as that was not where we hoped to be, and it does not reflect the true potential of our car.
Today's Team Representatives Press Conference with Andrew Green, Dave Robson, Laurent Mekies, Jody Eggington, Pierre Wache and Mike Elliott.
It's frustrating not to be closer to the front; we've clearly made progress with the car, but we were getting a bit of overheating in the final sector and once it starts, the sliding generates more temperature, and the problem compounds itself.