Patrick Head Q&A

"Well, obviously it was encouraging from a performance point of view, but disappointing from the point of view of the way the two cars went out. It's the third time this year that we've been assaulted from behind. You always get these comments from the driver who was behind saying, 'He braked early.' I think it's nonsense, really. At the end of the day Ralf said that in the corner in front of him he had cars all over the place, and I don't think he necessarily braked early, he braked at the point he needed to brake for the corner. It's the responsibility of the guy behind not to cause an accident like that. If you assault a car from behind or ride up a car from behind, I don't think you should be looking at the vehicle in front for fault."



"He did a very good job. I think he was well in control and was driving well within his capabilities, and it was obviously disappointing for him to be put out in that way. He had no problems, and he was very calm on the radio."



"I didn't see it properly, so I can't comment. But I gather it was very forceful!"



"I don't know what that was all about. I don't know what Verstappen thought he was doing. If somebody comes up to lap you, you keep out of his way, and give him due respect."



"We were obviously clearly on a one-stop, and had quite a lot of fuel on board, and could go quite a way beyond half way in the race."



"You always need to be quicker!"



"I certainly think we're back as serious competitors. But I think equally some tracks have different characteristics and different problems than others, and I can't say we'll definitely be equally as competitive at Imola. Michelin has got to choose a tyre that suits that track with whatever track temperature it's going to have on that day. There are quite a lot of variables in there, but yes, I think we'll be players this year."



"I thought we would be in a very good position in this race."