
Q: Jolyon, a brutal weekend in Australia but then in China, qualified 18th but finished 13th, it's clearly not gone as expected so far? So, what have you had to deal with?
Jolyon Palmer: Australia was very tough for many reasons but China was much better, to be honest. The car was feeling good, I finally had a clean session in FP3 and we were in the top ten. And then qualifying I really feel I could have been in Q3 as well but I didn't get a lap in in Q1 really. Starting from the back, it's difficult to do much and we couldn't make a lot of inroads in the race. I think the performance of the car is pretty good, as Nico has been showing, especially in China qualifying, so it's just a matter of putting a clean weekend together, getting some laps on Friday – I think I've done about ten so far across two weekends, so yeah, would be nice to have a clean weekend and I think we can get in the points.
Q: Do you think this generation of cars suits you?
JP: I like it! That's for sure. I think probably every driver is enjoying driving one of these cars: there's a lot of downforce. For me, having never driven a V8 or a V10 era of F1 car, this is really exciting. It's easily the quickest I've ever driven. The downforce is the main thing that we feel and it's exciting.
Q: Do you feel you're more comfortably in race mode than in qualifying? Is qualifying an area that's a particular focus for you going forward this year?
JP: No, I just think we've had particularly difficult weekends. Qualifying in China would have been fine. The lap that I was on in Q1 would have easily seen me through to Q2, so I'm really sure I could have been in Q3 but it's just how it goes. The Sauber crashing meant that meant I couldn't complete the lap properly.
Q: Just before we move on, I just wanted to ask the other two gentlemen what do you think of this and is it something that you'd like to do?
JP: I think it's cool. I think it's obviously something pretty different, it's exciting for everyone, for him especially but the whole of F1. For me to do it, we're in quite different positions right now so maybe in 15 years if I'm in a similar position then maybe.
Q: Kevin and Jolyon, your fathers both raced at Le Mans in the endurance championship etc. Could you see yourselves going there?
JP: It's possible but yeah, I think for me, I'm so focussed on Formula One at the moment, only my second year so yeah, my position's pretty different. Still all eyes only on Formula One. I think I love the sprint racing but wheel to wheel racing which is not so much endurance. But Le Mans is still a legendary race so maybe.