‘My abilities are still there so I’m very happy!’ – Hadjar on his podium return to F1

Guys, what a drive, what a day, what a weekend, just how pleased are you with the way you've handled this and what a comeback, you know, after two races out. Yeah, honestly it doesn't feel like it's been two months. Yeah, abilities are still there so I'm very happy. Yeah, you know, I think I'm very proud of my approach this weekend, step by step. For once I respected it, you know, sometimes I don't agree but I signed a contract with myself I said this weekend I'll take it easy and it paid off. So, no, I'm happy, very cool race, flat out, I had some fun with Max so it was great. How good is this as well for the future as well, the way that you were able to extract your personal performance, how close you were to Max but also how good the car was here relative to Mercedes? Yeah, I think this weekend clearly, compared to how I left my car in Budapest, definitely a nice step. I truly think that we are very, very close. It felt like Mercedes was very quick in the straight this weekend. But all over the lap I feel like we have a very, very competitive car so it just gives me a lot of confidence that, you know, I can probably fight for podiums on a regular basis and that's what I want to achieve.