Loudon: The suspension failure was caused by a combination of circumstances.

      The Canadian Grand Prix was the fifth race weekend in the history of the American team Cadillac F1, a debutant in the World Championship, and once again its results left much to be desired. It is enough to say that Valtteri Bottas finished last, four laps behind the leader, while Sergio Perez retired from the race due to a suspension failure.

      However, there were some signs of progress, for example, in the Saturday sprint, the Mexican driver was able to compete with his closest rivals and crossed the finish line in 11th place. However, he then received a 10-second penalty for pushing Liam Lawson's car, a Racing Bulls driver, off the track in the heat of the battle for position. In the final standings, Sergio dropped to 14th place.

      Undoubtedly, at the beginning of the journey, any new team inevitably faces various difficulties, including technical ones. However, Graham Loudon, the head of Cadillac F1, primarily notes the positive aspects.

      "The team is showing progress, and that’s good," he said in an interview with the official championship website. "We understand that we have a lot more to do, and this applies to many different areas. But the weekend in Canada was only our fifth Grand Prix, so many things have to be done for the first time, while other teams have been doing this for many years.

      That’s why it’s important to identify positive aspects alongside those that need continued hard work. Speaking of the suspension failure on Sergio's car, it was the result of a whole series of circumstances, and we believe that this should not happen again. As far as I see, it was just a completely unique scenario where a sequence of events unfolded in a special way.

      We remember that in the past many teams faced similar problems, and usually, they are caused by a whole combination of circumstances. It seems that in our case, the failure was the result of an unusual sequence of events, and in the future, such occurrences can be prevented.

      There is real progress, though. It is evident from the racing pace that the car is capable of, from the accuracy of the forecasts regarding the performance of technical innovations – from everything that the results do not yet reflect. Undoubtedly, our goal is to try to bring all the elements together and achieve noticeable progress on the track.

      We simply see that we are gradually moving forward; there were signs of this in both the sprint and the Sunday race. Of course, our fun was cut short, but we fought with Haas, and it can be said that with each race we are gradually gaining more and more experience. This is especially evident in the sprints when opponents do not push to the maximum, and many events occur on the track – then we can find ourselves in the thick of the battle. The task is to continue to gradually improve and try to handle things as best as possible. I hope we can perform confidently in Monaco; after all, it is a very special track."

      "Monaco is one of those tracks where it is quite easy to defend a position," Bottas added. "The question is how to get ahead of the competitors? We will try to find a way, and if we do everything right in Monaco, there will be opportunities to stand out, and I am ready to take advantage of them. I believe the team is preparing more innovations for this race, so let's see what we can achieve."