Daniel Ricciardo is confident that Red Bull can find more time despite making a flying st♛art to the Mexican Grand Prix weekend on Friday by setting the pace in the second Formula 1 practice at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodrigu⭕ez.

Ricciardo edged out Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton to finish at theꦰ top of the timesheets in FP2, with the high-downforce setup requirement in Mexico playing into Red Bull's hands.

While Ricciardo feels he will be able to ♚find yet more pace come qualifying and the race, he is wary of Mercedes' advantage on Saturdays given its tendency to turn up the wick for quali🏅fying.

"We have been chipping away at it. Timing aside, we made some progress," Ricciardo said after the session. "Still a bit more 🌠[to come], the long runs ꦓwe can still find a bit of pace, but on low fuel we are more or less there.

"We know Mercedes always has more on Saturday. So we still have to find a few more tenths to stay ahead of them tomorrow. But not a bad Friday𝔉.

♎"We can still be a bit better from what I feel. With set up I know we can improve a few things. So far it looks okay. It is going to be pretty close these last few races, it is going to be pretty close with the top three teams."