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"The start of the race proved very costly. We were basically at the back of the train after the first corner. We made a reasonable recovery from P17, but we lost the potential to score more points than we did. On the approach to Turn One, there were lots of cars around me and I was squeezed. I tried to go around the outside but the track was dirtier than I expected and I slid wide. It is frustrating because the car was quick, especially when we were in clean air, and that helped me recover to P10. So, after lap one, it was a strong race, a good recovery, but it hurts when you are on the back foot straight away. It is great to see both cars in the points today so there are many positives to take away from the weekend."

"That was a complex race from a technical point of view, and I want to pay tribute to two brilliant drives, particularly by Lance, who managed tyre wear and pressure from the Ferraris superbly to finish sixth under intense racing throughout all 57 laps. He was the star of our race today. Sebastian was pushed wide at the start by [Valtteri] Bottas, and had to take to the artificial grass to avoid an accident, which dropped him back to P17, having started from a P10 grid slot. He drove hard and consistently well thereafter, ending up back in the points. Our tyre group and strategy team combined to do a fantastic job throughout, both here in Qatar and at Mission Control at the factory, and it is a great feeling for all of us to record our first double points finish since Paul Ricard in June."

A lap of the Losail International Circuit begins as drivers accelerate down the 1,068-metre start/finish straight with the throttle pinned and the DRS open.

Turn One marks the key overtaking opportunity of the lap as drivers decelerate hard to slow into the right-hander, briefly picking up the throttle on exit into the equally tight left-hander of Turn Two.

A slight right kink marks Turn Three before drivers reapply the brakes to navigate the double 90-degree right-hand corners of Turns Four and Five, which are succeeded by the tightest corner of the lap in the hairpin bend of Turn Six.