For Nico, “sixth place is a decent result today and it’s important for both me and the team to keep scoring points for the championship and maintain our consistency.

It was a mixed-up race and it was difficult to find a rhythm, particularly at the start, but by the end, the gap to the leading cars was not that big.

It could have gone better this weekend, and we just need a little bit more performance to be competing at the front. However we are making good progress and increasing our understanding of the tyres all the time.”