Q: Was there any temptation at any point when that red flag came out to think, if I just go off and just stop somewhere, I’m going to be on pole tomorrow?
Carlos: Did it go through my head? Yes. But I remember what I stand for, which is values and fair competition.
And trust me, it’s super easy to fake an accident, especially today in Baku. I knew going out I was also one of the first cars so I could have perfectly done that, but your values is what defines you in the future and in your career and I think today was a day to, if there was anyone out there better than me, let them beat me.
I knew they were out there are a couple of guys with three to five tenths quicker car that probably were anyway going to beat me, and in the end it was only one which was Max and yeah, very proud of today’s quali because every time we had a good chance to put a good lap, we put it on the board.
The team executed a very strong quali also in terms of run plan and execution and together we did a very strong quali.