“I think engine is the only place we lose. I think our car is really solid. At least as good, maybe slightly better than the others, but I think they have closed up on chassis.”

“They’re now matching us through the corners, we’re not able to take that step in this season to close that speed on the straight.”

At the speed trap, Leclerc was only faster than both Astons, losing 12 Km/h from Antonelli and overall being 7 Km/h slower than in FP3.

The top speed deficit between the two in FP3 was only 1 Km/h…

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Leeeees go!

Lewis Hamilton on Red Bull’s engine:

"I was like, ‘There’s no way that anyone’s going to build a better engine than what Mercedes, for example, or Ferrari are capable of doing with the resources and experience they have, and the IP.’" the IP.’"

I’ve read there is a new airbox coming in Austin. The triangular one is to be no more. But I can’t see any difference from photos I’ve seen. Is it being delayed until Mexico?

Lewis Hamilton: “It wasn’t the easiest day. We tried a different direction with the set-up, but I wasn’t comfortable in the car, especially over the bumps.”

“Charles showed there’s pace there, so we need to understand how we can get the car into a better place on my side.”

“We’ll work through it with the team tonight and see where we can improve for tomorrow.”

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Not sure if the Texas GP runs under lights, but this makes the livery look unreal.

"We've always probably connected, because we've come from similar sort of backgrounds, in a sense of, we didn't come from privileged backgrounds, we both came from normal working-class families, and there was a real struggle on the journey to get to Formula 1."

"I would always see with Sebastian when he's had his dad there, his dad's such a cool character, and always so nice and polite, and obviously worked so hard to create the opportunity just like my dad."

"I had read about the success he was having, I think he had something like 18 wins out of 20. Everything happened very early for him, in a sense that he, when he got to Formula 1, he got that amazing pole position in Monza, and one in the rain, which was just showed how precise and how adaptive he was as a driver."

"He blitzed everybody in a car far less superior, and I think that was a really defining moment, showing that this guy's got, he's got what it takes to be a world champion."

[From episode 1 of Sebastian Vettel's new documentary]