Pascal Vasselon, Senior General Manager Chassis
"Turkey is an average circuit for most of the parameters - brakes, downforce and so on. But the special factor you have in Turkey is Turn Eight, the long left-hander. This is a key corner and simply the most demanding of the season, which means it has a lot of consequences in terms of car balance and tyre usage. You can really say that the Istanbul circuit is all about this corner; it is one of the very few circuits where one corner is so significant. You have to make sure your package can handle it and this drives tyre selection. We go to Turkey with optimism because we have seen over the first four races that our car is competitive and able to challenge for the top six. It was unfortunate that a mix-up cost Jarno sixth in Spain but it was encouraging to again be fighting in that position. So the goal for this weekend clearly has to be a strong points finish, hopefully with both cars."

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