Lindblad: P9 ‘the best we could have achieved’

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AI GeneratedArvid reflects on a challenging race weekend where he managed to secure points despite a confidence-shaking crash on Friday. He discusses his tactical approach during the race, the impact of the Virtual Safety Car on strategy, and the difficulty of overtaking on the circuit, ultimately expressing satisfaction with the team's ability to maximize their results.
Well, Arvid, in the points again.
Looked close with Nico at the end there as well.
Just tell us about that one from your side today.
Yeah, I mean, it was a decent race.
I think it was the maximum that's possible, to be honest.
Tried to do a good lap one.
I knew that was going to be important.
The goal was to try to get Franco.
He did a good lap one.
And I took the opportunities I got passing Oskar,
which wasn't honestly what I was expecting before the race.
But then, yeah, I did my best.
We knew strategy was going to be very important here.
But unfortunately, with the timing of the VSC,
we all just boxed.
So there wasn't really much strategy.
Yeah, and then I think the pace was good on the hard.
I was right up Franco's gearbox for a long time.
I tried to be smart with the energy,
using it in different places to try to surprise him.
But unfortunately, on this track, it was, as expected,
just so difficult to pass.
But yeah, not much to say.
I think it was the best we could have achieved.
And after running so close to him for so long,
I paid a bit of the price towards the end.
Just generally, Arvid, after what happened on Friday,
pretty pleased with how you bounced back
for the rest of the weekend, delivered in quality.
You got some more points today.
I think so, yeah.
I think looking back on it, Friday was good.
We were really quick.
But obviously, with the crash, I lost a lot of confidence.
We basically didn't make any setup changes from FP1,
which on a new circuit, there was so much we were learning.
But we wanted to keep consistency for me.
Basically, didn't drive in FP3 and straight into quality.
Didn't feel comfortable yesterday.
Managed to find a lap to be in Q3.
So on a challenging weekend to be in the points here,
I think, honestly, we can all pat ourselves on the back.
And yeah, a challenging weekend.
But we handled it well.
And we extracted the maximum, so that's most important.
