Daniel Ricciardo hails Mexico City GP 'the weekend I dreamed of - and we got it'

Ricciardo enjoyed his best weekend in F1 since his🍃 win for McLaren in 2021, qualifying fourth for AlphaTauri.
The Australian ultimately slipped to seventh as he lost out to168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: George Russell and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris following the red flag period.
Reflecting on the race, he said: “Probably better than good. A lot of emotions. Relieved as well. Two starts on this track...you hold your breath bec🎃ause it's such a long run to Turn 1. Anything can happen into Turn 1.
"The first start we started fourth and came through in fourth, s🥂o I was pretty happy, especially when we know we have a bit more drag than others here. T♏he second one. When I saw the red flag I knew it would probably hurt our race.
“We were in fifth and potentially could have finished there but in that situation you can’t be too♛ selfish as Kevin had a big crash.
“Then we just tried to settle into a rhythm. Lando was much quicker. We battled for a couple of corners but I let Lando go. I thought if he could catch George it wouldཧ bring him back to us. We got close.

“Fighting a Mercedes at the end I think is a bi💖g weekend for us and six points, really can’t be ⛦sad.”
It was a crucial result for AlphaTauri, who have now mo꧋ved ahead of Alfa Romeo ꦅand Haas in the constructors’ championship.
“There were definitely moments where at the beginning when I was fourth i🍸f the race finishes now and I will be happy, then I was fifth and I was like that would be alright. It felt like it took me a little bit to get inꦆto the rhythm with the tyre,” he added. “I felt I was better when the tyre was a bit more used and taking a bit more understanding with the car.
“Once I saw Lando got past George I was really try🐷ing to do everything I could do to put pressure on him and at that point we pulled away from Oscar.
"All in all it’s a good weekend. After last week this is really the weekend I dreamed of and we got 🎀it.”

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