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Bourdais pleased dispite disappointing 13th place

Sebastien Bourdais was mainly found in the back of the field but managed to get the right race strategy and set-up for his STR4. The Frenchman might have even scored some points if he started further up the grid and was clearly pleased with his Bahrain Grand Prix performance.

"It was a really good day for me, except that I started so far back on the grid, which meant I couldn't get into the points," Bourdais said. "But clearly, the car was working well and I had a good race pace. The team adopted the right strategy starting me on Primes and after that I was quite quick. It was nice to drive a race on the attack, feeling comfortable with the car and I knew that with the different strategies, I had to push right to the end, running the Options. So, overall, I'm fairly happy with this result. Now, I'm looking forward to Barcelona and updates on the car as I'm sure they will make a big difference. 13th is nothing special, no points, but I can be pleased with the day's work."

Team-mate Sebastien Buemi was less pleased with his result. He said: "I'm not happy with the way it went today. It was very difficult and it could have been better. My start was bad with a lot of wheelspin, losing places and then I was unable to attack and sliding a lot. I am not sure why I struggled with the car, as it's behaviour was really strange. I was not concerned by the heat and gave my maximum from start to finish. At least I finished, which is a good experience, but there is nothing much else to say apart from the fact I was slow and had a bad weekend!"

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