2021 Belgian GP : Post-Qualifying reactions from Vettel and Stroll

Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One Team had a mixed fortunes at 2021 Belgian Grand Prix Qualifying as their drivers Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll qualified in P5 and P15.

The pair will start the Belgian Grand Prix from fifth and back of the grid after a dramatic and wet qualifying session at Spa-Francorchamps.

Sebastian Vettel drove exceptionally in the tough wet condition to give Aston Martin their best ever qualifying position in Formula 1. But it’s not his drive won the fans hearts, Vettel stopped his car to check well being of McLaren’s Lando Norris after the Brit crashed his car at high speed during Q3.

Many around the World applauds Four-time World Champion for caring about fellow drivers.

Coming to Lance Stroll, The Canadian set for P20 start after struggling to extract more out of his car in wet weather. Hopefully team will use this chance to fit him with new Engine components and take penalty to start from the pit-lane.

Sebastian Vettel (P5) :

“The most important thing today is that Lando [Norris] is OK after his crash. I stopped to make sure he was because I saw a lot of debris and it is never a nice place to go off.

“From our side, we can be happy with fifth on the grid tomorrow. I was getting increasingly into the groove with the car and I was happy with my laps – until the final one.

“I had already put in a good lap time and I wanted to extract more, so I was pushing a little harder, but I went off at Turn Eight and lost some time. I think if we had avoided that, I could have battled with the guys at the front of the field.

“The forecast suggests that tomorrow will be similar weather, which suits us, so we can fight for a strong result and get some good points for the team.”

Lance Stroll (P15):

“It is a difficult qualifying result to take. The car had felt good in the tricky conditions throughout the day, and the end of Q2 was crucial because conditions were improving all the time.

“We switched to a new set of intermediate tyres to try and capitalise on the situation, but we just ran out of time to begin a flying lap, which meant a lot of drivers around me were able to easily improve their times. We will look into how that happened and learn from it.

“It means we will start at the back of the field tomorrow [owing to the grid penalty from Hungary], but I still believe we can get a result tomorrow because this is a circuit on which you can overtake, especially if the weather continues to be changeable.”