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Magnussen really happy with Australia P6

Magnussen "really happy" with Australia P6

17-03-2019 10:18
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Kevin Magnussen showed why Haas may be considered the fourth best team in F1 this year with a mature performance to bring his car home in sixth place and collect eight points for himself and the team.

Starting seventh, the Dane overtook team mate Romain Grosjean into the first corner and never looked back, cruising home to a solid points finish.

In Haas’ press release after the race, Magnussen expressed his happiness for his own performance, but also sympathised with Grosjean, who had to retire with a loose wheel.

He said: “I’m very happy about today, it was a good result.

“I’m obviously sad for team not to have both cars get to the finish. Surely Romain (Grosjean) would have been in a good position as well, especially after we both had such good qualifying yesterday, so I’m gutted for his side that they didn’t get anything out of today.

“P6 for me is very good, I’m happy with the day. I made a good start and had a really good car from there. I was able to push the whole race and look after my tires. I’m really happy to start the year like this.”