“I knew my weakness was straight-line speed compared to the Red Bull’s. It worked once and then the second time he understood so he braked very early. It was fun, I like racing like this.”
“I love fighting with Max. I’ve always said it. I think it’s always on the limits. But this is exactly the way I want to be racing in Formula 1.”
“It wasn’t enough today, but oh my god, I really enjoyed that race. It’s hard racing but it’s fair. Every race should be like this. It was fun. I’m obviously disappointed. I wanted to win today.”
“It’s always been there, especially when you finish a race like this. We’re on a street track, we’ve been pushing as I’ve rarely pushed before to the absolute limit, and we take risks at the end. So of course there is respect.”
“Well done to Max. That was nice.”
“My fight with Max was instinctive, you need to adjust to what the other driver is doing.”
“There is respect with Verstappen, even more so after such a race. I’m sure it will stay.”
“It’s super-close between us. You have to be patient as I want to win and score points. We have a lot of respect for each other, which is why we have these good battles.”
“I think Charles is one of the most talented drivers in Formula 1, and he will win many more races. I think we are just good competitors and we like racing, I think you saw that when we were battling hard and it was all good.
“I would say back in the day it was a little bit more difficult, but also [we] were very young and growing up and you are fighting for the same goal, right? Now that you’re in Formula One, I think it is really different. You are representing really big brands. So we get on very well now. We can have a good chat and enjoy our battles, and I think that’s very nice.
“Knowing each other for such a long time helps. We’ve spent so much time together, in a way.”
“I think I know Charles a bit longer [than Lewis]. So I’ve raced him already many times, right? Everyone races hard, I think, and everyone is a little different in their style. But I have to say I really enjoyed what was going on in Bahrain.”
“Charles really played it smart in the last corner so it was not easy for me to actually get by.”
- Post-race press conference
“Respect with Charles? Yes. Today was a good fight between us, he was also very smart. But we have a lot of mutual respect and we had a lot of fun today.”
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