Lindblad doubts two-stop approach worked in Austin

Arvid Lindblad finished 12th at the United States Grand Prix after a five-place grid penalty for using additional power-unit elements put him 14th on the grid. The Racing Bulls driver said he did not think his two-stop approach had worked.

Lindblad said the opening lap did not go as he had hoped: the field bunched up and he could not make ground. He described the first stint as difficult, but thought the two that followed were okay. He had stopped quite early for medium tyres and said he was catching Franco Colapinto before ending up in Pierre Gasly's undercut window.

Gasly held him up there, Lindblad said, and he lost about two seconds in half a lap. He also thought he had probably pushed a bit too hard trying to pass Gasly. Lindblad said he was unsure how to sum up the race and had not really known where he was or what was happening for about half of it.

There was a positive, too: after feeling uncomfortable through much of practice, Lindblad said he felt okay in qualifying and pretty good in the race. He described the race feeling as probably one of his best of the year so far.