The 13th place obtained by Daniel Ricciardo in the last British GP he reopened a crisis of results that seemed to have eased slightly for the Australian driver of the McLarennow determined not to repeat what he did at Silverstone in the next race in Austria, scheduled for this weekend.
Ricciardo: “The back-to-backs help us get back on track and try to improve, but at the same time we don’t have much time to process what happened on the track. With the Sprint Race, we will also go into qualifying immediately on Friday”# F1 #AustrianGP
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Interviewed in the pre-race press conference reserved for drivers, the number 3 of the Woking team underlined the problems encountered in England, in the hope that the latter will not reappear also on the Red Bull Ring, just a week after the previous appointment: “Back-to-back races help us get back on track and try to improve, but at the same time we don’t have much time to process what happened on the track. – explained Ricciardo – CFurthermore, on the Sprint Race, qualifying will start immediately on Friday. It’s nice to have a consecutive race, but it doesn’t give us time to diagnose what happened, we’re working on it. Therefore, it is welcome that we get to solid ground immediately with the sprint, also to understand if the car can have a better pace. At Silverstone, however, it did not go well at all: it was a rather disconcerting race for me, in which we were very slow and far from ideal, but we are dealing with the situation. Basically, Sunday we lacked grip, I had no support points and I had no grip compared to the cars in front of me. It’s something that built up lap after lap, I lacked grip everywhere. It was a disconcerting and frustrating race, but we’re not leaving anything to chance. You start looking at the data and when you see it’s 2-3 tenths, then it’s something deeper than the set-up and you start looking at the body. This weekend, however, I should be racing with the same chassis “.
Once in Spielberg, Ricciardo thus aims for personal redemption, which could already arrive in Austria in a climate of partnership between himself and McLaren, also fueled by the Australian’s memories of the performances implemented in this circuit: “F1 is a team sport – he added – and there has not been any driver who has won alone or solely for the qualities of the team. Until last weekend we could have enjoyed a certain consistency, but then Silverstone arrived. There are still many things that confuse me, but it is important maintain the conviction and commitment to understand what is wrong. These are things that can happen in a weekend, but when everything goes right then I know that I can have 100% confidence in myself. We will see what happens on Sunday, but already tomorrow we will start running with a more positive mentality to push hard. Moreover, on this track I have fond memories of 2017, when I managed to get on the podium at the wheel of Red Bull. It was a moment that charged me a lot “.
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