F1: Daniel Ricciardo spoke to the media following a very disappointing day for the Aussie at the Australian Grand Prix.
'Pushing and not getting the result' | 01:55Max Verstappen has the chance to make history on Sunday, and bizarre as it might sound given the last 12 months in Formula 1, it comes against the odds.Throughout practice and even through the first two qualifying segments success was not guaranteed for the reigning world champion.
The overall strike rate rises to 65 per cent for drivers starting on the front row and 88 per cent for drivers starting on the first two rows. “I think nowadays you need to be 100 per cent to beat Max and today I wasn’t, and probably due to that I missed out on pole. That time spent honing the car could prove important. Tyre degradation is higher this year thanks to the softer compound selection, and teams are increasingly considering two stops as the likely superior strategy.
In an instant he lost more than half his eventual deficit to Norris, with the rest coming out of the large corner. “I think to beat Red Bull and Ferrari we’re going to need to find something extra or have a bit of good fortune. There is an asterisk on Ricciardo’s performance. His final lap of Q1 would have been comfortably quick enough to slip into Q2 in 12th.
In Saudi Arabia Ricciardo was able to explain away his defeat to Tsunoda as being down to issues found with his car. The Japanese driver came into this season knowing his career was on the line. Much like last season, he’s risen to the challenge. He was then given an unexpected reprieve when his Williams team switched his written-off car with that of teammate Logan Sargeant, putting the American out of the race to let the Thai continue competing.
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