"First of all, I feel sorry for my teammate Stoffel because my opinion is that he deserved the win if it was not for Oliver (Rowland) taking him out, but there’s nothing I can do about it. I think we were a bit unlucky with the Safety Car when we just activated the ATTACK MODE. That made me a little bit vulnerable after the Safety Car restart.
"Then Lucas (di Grassi) was there in the mix, which I was very surprised by as he should not have been there. Alex and Mahindra deserved the win. At the end, the energy targets were so high that I could never come alongside him with it almost becoming a flat-out race. So, I made quite a lot of mistakes, trying to push really hard but it was just the targets were too high to ever do ever be in a position to make a move. At the same time, I felt like we left something on the table and it didn’t really work."
'A whirlwind weekend'
Mercedes had the pace to challenge at the front all weekend, and Vandoorne being in the right place at the wrong time meant the German outfit was left deconstructing two rounds that left Team Principal Ian James conflicted, and Vandoorne sitting 13th in the running having had the top of the table in his grasp.
"London was a whirlwind. A whirlwind in terms of action on the track, and a whirlwind in terms of the feelings we experienced at the end," said James. "Let's start off by saying we've seen some absolute highlights.
"We knew we were in a chance for the very best results today. We've had a great car all weekend, and both drivers have been on it - fuelled by the hard work of the rest of the team behind the scenes.