Daniel Ricciardo’s caution despite RB’s eye-catching first F1 test day
RB may have caught the eye as F1 pre-season testing began in Bahra꧒in, but Daniel Ricciardo has moved to temper expectations.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Daniel Ricciardo has urged caution about where RB might fit into the competitive order in F1 2024, despite making a promising start to pre-seaꦰson testing in Bahrain.
The Australian had a standout day driving for Red Bull’s second team - now known as RB following a rebrand over the winter - as he ended the opening day of running fourth in♎ the timesheets.
Ricciardo produced an eye-catching show of pace from his VCARB01 but was keen to downplay expectati🅠ons after what appeared to be a very encouraging start.
“I think, start of the season, we need to be a little bit cautious,” said Ricciardo, who was just ౠ0.015s slower than Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz.
"I'm sure the long-term and big picture is to be fighting at the front of the midfield. I'm not sure that we start the season there but I think when we came into Abu Dha🐲bi [the 2023 season finale] with some updates the car felt pretty good.
"There's definitely some positives but it's clear that we still have some laptime to find. The general feel and b🌱alance is actually OK so it's now just finding a bit more laptime.”
Teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Yuki Tsunoda helped RB rack up a combined total of 116 laps around the Sakhir track in what turned out to be a soli🅠d opening day for the Faenza oꦿutfit.
Asked for his early verdict on how the field is shaping up with their respective new challengers, Tsunoda said: "Apart from Red Bull, 🔯Aston seems OK, Ferrari as well; I don't know about McLaren.
"If I look in the midfield it feels like Williams are hiding performance a little bi🉐t.
"Other than that we are not in a bad place in the midfield fight. We can hopefully continue like this. If we are 🐼around the top of 🅘the midfield and we can achieve this in the first race, I think that’s a really good start."
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