Spanish Grand Prix Friday press conference
7 May, 2021
Full transcript from the FIA-hosted press conference after Friday practice for the Spanish Grand Prix, Round 4 of the 2021 Formula 1 World Championship, at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
PART ONE
Featuring Guenther Steiner (Haas), Otmar Szafnauer (Aston Martin) and Franz Tost (AlphaTauri).
Q: Franz, you’ve been in the back-end of the points for the last couple of races. Are you satisfied with that or frustrated that you didn’t deliver more?
Franz TOST: I am upset. Because, especially the race in Portimão was not good for us. We struggled with the set-up because of the special conditions there, with the low grip level and with the wind and we couldn’t provide the drivers with the proper car and the race before, in Imola, we made a mistake with Pierre Gasly, sent him out with the wrong tyres at the start and this, of course, had a very bad influence to the race outcome. Yuki did quite a good job but unfortunately the