Daniel Ricciardo has got his Hungarian Grand Prix weekend off to the best start possible by topping the time sheets at the end of both free practice sessions on Friday, and is cautiously optimistic he can fight for pole position on Saturday.
Speaking to reporters at the end of the first day at Hungaroring, Ricciardo was asked if he had a shot at pole, “Today says yes, so let’s see tomorrow,” he said. “I got good confidence after today. Happy.”
It was no secret that Red Null had significant updates for the race weekend in Budapest where the tight nature of the track plays to the strengths of the aero efficient RB13.
By all accounts the updates are working well enough for Ricciardo to say, “If we can maintain this tomorrow it is a B car, so today it certainly behaved more like a B. This morning looked strong, out of the box we were the first one on a green track and basically we kept good pace.”
“Even the long runs were strong, and this afternoon we were able to replicate that with an even hotter track.”
“We know this track is one that suits us, so if we can extract every bit of that out of the car we may have a shot at fighting for big points this weekend, so it has been a good day.”
“I am pretty happy. I genuinely feel we can stay at the pointy end tomorrow,” added the Australian who won the 2014 Hungarian Grand Prix in his first season as a Red Bull driver.
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