article_snippet.sent: Was the race as expected in terms of the challenge from Ferrari and, also, can you talk us through that radio message you got from the team about speeding up?
article_snippet.sent: Definitely going into his race us thought it would be a lot closer
article_snippet.sent: and us knew the Ferraris were very, very good with the Ferraris long run pace and also looking after the Ferraris tyres.
article_snippet.sent: So, today the real goal was to manage their tyres.
article_snippet.sent: So, I just managed no real threat from Nico through the whole race and got to really enjoy no real threat from Nico through the whole race, to be honest.
article_snippet.sent: A few of the real good fun laps were the laps before the pitstop, which I really enjoyed.
article_snippet.sent: Ultimately it was a much smoother weekend than us had in the last race where us got the whole, full practice sessions, on my side of the garage at least.
article_snippet.sent: And it made a real big difference to the balance of the car for his race.
article_snippet.sent: It’s just now interesting to hear from you, Lewis, that you were just thinking about you with the pace in front, and necessarily that was compromising his race.
article_snippet.sent: Driving slower than was maybe necessary at the beginning of stints meant that Sebastian was very close to you and that opened up the opportunity for Sebastian to try that early pit-stop to try and jump me.
article_snippet.sent: And then I had to cover Sebastian.
article_snippet.sent: So, first of all it was unnecessarily close with Sebastian as a result, and also it cost me a lot of race time as a result because I had to cover Sebastian
article_snippet.sent: and then my tyres died at the end of his race because my stint was just so much longer.