article_snippet.sent: The British driver added: ‘It was definitely intense after the race, but we had a very good sit down, a good discussion.
article_snippet.sent: Was the race as expected in terms of the challenge from Ferrari and, also, can you talk we through that radio message you got from the team about speeding up?
article_snippet.sent: Definitely going into the race we thought it would be a lot closer and we knew the Ferraris were very, very good with the Ferraris long run pace and also looking after the Ferraris tyres.
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 we had in the last race where we 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 the race.
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