Sebastian Vettel was clearly thrilled to score his first points since arriving at Aston Martin and praised the team for their strategic work during the Monaco Grand Prix.
Vettel impressed all weekend, qualifying eighth in a very competitive session, before executing the team's strategy perfectly to come home in P5 on race day.
The German has had a tough start to life in green, but looked more like his old self as he ran longer in the opening stint to get ahead of Pierre Gasly and Lewis Hamilton via the overcut.
With Lance Stroll finishing eighth, it was the best weekend of the season for Aston Martin so far and Vettel explained that they "rose to the challenge" in Monaco.
"I am happy with fifth place today and it is great for the team to have both cars inside the points," he said. "This result is down to great decision-making on the pit wall and having good pace in the car when it mattered.
"I knew that the two laps before my pit stop would be crucial to our race, and I was able to put in some good lap times on tyres that were past their best, and that made the difference [gaining two places by the overcut]. It was very tight when I came out of the pit lane because I knew Gasly was very close.
"It is not easy racing wheel-to-wheel up the hill to Casino Square, but we won the drag race, and he had to back out of it. Street circuits can always throw up the unexpected, and we rose to the challenge today."
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