Max Verstappen: "I am really happy with our performance today and it was enjoyable, once I crossed the line!

"Of course, there was a lot of interruption and it was difficult to get a rhythm with the red flags throughout the whole session. This lap is hard to nail and it is not always easy to go on the limit, it is so easy to make a mistake with such unpredictable conditions. I was really happy with how Q1 and Q2 was going and I felt good every time I went out and comfortable with the car. Q3 was such a long wait and difficult to choose the Medium or the Soft tyres and it was all down to the last lap. We ended up on the Soft tyre for the final lap, which wasn't my favourite and the only new tyre we had. You had to commit, not fully knowing the grip levels out there. However, we nailed the lap and it was a big achievement for us to get Pole. For tomorrow, I was happy with the long runs over this weekend so I am hoping that we can put in a similar positive performance."

Yuki Tsunoda: "Today was my best-ever Qualifying result with the Team and that's a real positive to show that we're heading in the right direction. I'm happy to have kept it clean throughout as it was a really chaotic session with all the stoppages and changing conditions. Driving around Baku is always different, just a few millimetres can make the difference and the risk of yellow and red flags is always there. We also had the wind to contend with which added something else to overcome. From Q1, I made every lap count and managed to stay competitive which was a real positive. For the final lap in Q3 I wasn't able to get a reference lap which made it tricky to put it all together, but I can still be happy with P6. Myself and the Team have been working so hard to improve the performance and the changes we've made to the car have definitely helped us. I've also put in a lot of hard work on the sim, which we're hopefully starting to see the results of. I'm looking forward to battling hard tomorrow, the long runs in practice were promising so we want to capitalise on the great work we've put in so far this weekend."

Laurent Mekies: "Honestly, that was outstanding from Max, it was such a difficult Qualifying session. There were 60kph gusts of wind out there and every run was different, sometimes with the wind and sometimes with the drizzle, but Max didn't put a foot wrong, he just kept building and adapted perfectly. Nice job from Yuki too, that's his best Quali with us and he really managed that session well today. A big well done to everyone here at the track and back in Milton Keynes, because the car is performing here, at a very strong level. It's a good sign and a testimony to all the hard work taking place. The Team's communication was also superb today, not just from the pit wall to the drivers but across the board, when there were a lot of uncontrollable factors. They took all the right risks, we were the last two cars out of the pitlane on the very last run, which included a fair amount of risk, and it worked. We don't have too much information on race pace here, as not many teams got long runs in on Friday, as we were all trying to keep our race tyres for tomorrow. So, it's a little more uncertain than normal how things will go and there's always the risk of safety cars here, so we will take it as it comes."