Mick Schumacher celebrated his first overtaking maneuver in his third race in Formula 1.
We have summarized the votes for the Portuguese Grand Prix.
Portimao - The third race of the Formula 1 season promised great excitement.
The premier class of motorsport was visiting Portimao, Portugal in the Algarve for the second time.
The premiere on the hilly and varied racetrack a year ago made us want more.
Series world champion Lewis Hamilton won like last year.
Max Verstappen and Valtteri Bottas completed the podium.
There was unrest right at the beginning when the safety car had to go out on the track after Kimi Raikkonen had a rear-end collision.
Formula 1 in Portimao: Mick Schumacher historically, Vettel disappointed
And how did the two German racing drivers fare?
Sebastian Vettel * continued to struggle with the new Aston Martin, but at least made it back into Q3 for a long time and started the race from tenth place.
With this, the Heppenheimer has also left his stable rival Lance Stroll (rank 17) behind.
Most recently, there was speculation about a preference for the son of team owner Lawrence Stroll. * In the race, Vettel was at least just ahead of his teammate, but only crossed the finish line in P13.
The second hope from the German point of view Mick Schumacher * caused cheers.
The Formula 1 newcomer once again left team mate Nikita Mazepin well behind.
At the end of the defeated Haas, it was enough for his first overtaking maneuver in Formula 1. Shortly before the end, Schumacher grabbed Williams driver Nicholas Latifi and landed in 17th place.
We have summarized the voices for the race in Portimao:
Mick Schumacher (Haas) after the race over ...
... his overtaking maneuver:
“It wasn't easy.
We had a lot more pace than Nicholas Latifi, but somehow you can't get past this track.
It was maddening.
On the whole, we can be happy.
We had a good race and few mistakes and we saw the checkered flag again. "
... the feeling when overtaking:
“I had almost made it a couple of times, but it was missing on the straight.
We can be happy with what we have achieved. "
... the greatest challenge:
“Driving past.
You can drive behind to a certain extent, but after a while you burn your tires there too.
I had so much more pace in me and I'm pretty sure that we would have caught George Russell in the front if overtaking had been easier.
But would, would, bicycle chain.
We did well. "
Sebastian Vettel (Aston Martin) after the race over ...
... the race:
“I'm not entirely satisfied.
We had hoped that we might be able to take away a few points.
It was extremely difficult and in the end we didn't have enough speed to keep up with the group in front for tenth place. "
... the race weekend:
“It got better, but it's extremely difficult for both of us to get the car into the right window and to be consistently fast.
We missed that and therefore we had to give up a few places. "
... the feeling of landing in front of your team-mate for the first time:
"Yesterday was a little better, but we lack the pace and the speed."
... the upcoming Grand Prix in Barcelona next week:
“I think there will be a step forward in Barcelona.
The question is how big it is compared to the others. "
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) after the race over ...
... the race:
“That was a tough race.
Physically, but also mentally.
It's very windy out there and it's easy to go wrong.
My start wasn't as good as Valtteri Bottas' and my restart wasn't really good either.
Then I tried to hold my position as best I could, to get into position and then a mistake happened in front of me.
I was able to take advantage of it and get hold of it.
At Valtteri I had to do my move early before the tires were completely finished. "
Max Verstappen (Red Bull) after the race over ...
... the race:
“It was okay.
I had a good restart after the safety car and tried to put pressure on Bottas.
But in the end we lacked a bit of pace overall.
And after the pit stop, it's just very difficult to get the temperature into the tires.
In the second stint you could see that we were lacking a bit of speed compared to Mercedes. "
Helmut Marko (Head of Motorsport Red Bull) after the race over ...
... the race:
“Portugal is a Mercedes track and it's our turn.
It wasn't enough for a win this time, but things are developing right.
But it's annoying with these track limits: We lost the win, the fastest lap and the pole position.
All good things come in threes and I hope it's over now. "
... the track limits:
“Something has to change.
Either you make a limitation with curbs or you do gravel or something.
If you drive out there is an automatic punishment.
Norris overtook Perez and was over it with all four wheels, there was nothing.
It's not a constant.
It's not racing if you juggle the rules like that. "
Toto Wolff (Head of Motorsport Mercedes) after the race over ...
... the race weekend:
“The overall result is good.
There is nothing to be said.
The car was strong and that's a positive development.
The race is difficult to assess, but I think Red Bull and we are on an equal footing. "
... technical problems at Bottas:
“At the restart, Valtteri Bottas waited a long time before he started.
In doing so, he has opened a gap.
I think that with our speed on the straight he might have managed to overtake Verstappen.
The problem was we had a little gremlin in the engine software that we wanted to stamp out.
But that did exactly the opposite and is something that we have to fix in our software. "
... the duel with Red Bull:
“Great.
That's exactly what we want.
As our former CEO Dieter Zetsche said: It should stay exciting, but we should win the last race on the last lap by one point. "
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