Ricciardo made a sensational return to F1 in place of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Nyck de Vries just eight months after he was dropped by McLa🌱ren.

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The Australian fared well on hi⛎s first race back, finishing 13th at the chequered flag.

He managed to out-qualify and out-race teammate Yuki Tsunoda as Ricciardo looks to rebuild his career following a poor two-year stint alongside168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Lando Norris.

Speaking to a number of media outlets, including ESPN, on Thursday at Spa-Francorchamps, Ricciardo acknowledged&nbs💜p;the ⛄busy press session once again.

"I thought today would've been a lot smaller, I thought you would have ღforgotten about me already," R💞icciardo said.

“I definitely made a point to enjoy it all. The media day, there was a lot. I think I🍬 joked it was like I won a world championship there was so much interest. But you kind of just have to soak it all up and enjoy it.”

Despite his positive start, Ricciardo admitted there’s still a lot more room for improvem🅠ent as he targets an ultimate return to Red B🀅ull in the future. 

"I know the sport well enough not to assume every time now I'm going to be quicker. I know there is sti🐎ll going to be more for me to learn," Ricciardo added.

"I think the weekend as a whole went well, on Monday I was pretty knackered as well. I was very꧂ low-key, I just 🐠reflected on it, yes I was happy with my performance, but I was happy about the way I was going racing again.

"Obviously I'm very results-driven, but I felt like I had done everything I needed to. In the end, whatever you call it, a bit of bad luck at Turn 1 or w🐷hatever, it meant 13th. But I was still happy with everything that I put into the weekend.

"The support I got from the team, that's also an unknown, how they're going to react and respond to a new driver. A week ago they didn't know I was going to be driving the car. Also the spotlight is on the team. I th♐ink everyone handled it well."