Wary Daniel Ricciardo doesn't want to "play up" impact of new RB F1 chassis
Daniel Ricciardo is wary about 'playing up' th🅰e iꦓmpact of having a new chassis in China.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Daniel Ricciardo says he doesn’t want to “play up” the impact of getting a new chassis from his RB team at the F1 Chinese Grand Prix.
After a disappointing start to the season in which he has been outperformed by teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Yuki Tsunoda, Ricciardo has been left suspect💖ing that something might n♋ot be right with his car.
Ri💖cciardo will get a new chassis for this weekend’s race in Shanghai as part of an effort to reassure the Australian as he looks to turnaround his early form struggles.
“It’s one you don’t want to play up too high, because it could maybꦜe make no difference. But it is something where it’s like peace of mind,” the eight-time grand prix winner told Sky Sports F1 on Thursday.
“The plan was always to introduce the third chassis in Shanghai. Yuki has been happy with his.🐽 I understand why. I was like ‘I’ll take it if he’s not taking it’, so I jumped at the oppo🔴rtunity.”
Ricciardo, who is returning to the scene of one of his most memorable victories, is hopeful of replicating a tur꧑naround in fortunes similar to how🉐 he overcame a slow start to life at Renault on F1’s last visit to China in 2019.
“I remember I had 😼a slow start to Renault, the first two races, Melbourne and Bahrain,” he explained.
“A littl♛e bit of difficulty I remember, and then we came here and this was the weekend we kind of kickstarted everything and thing🌠s got better from China onwards.
“So hopefully it’s got the same narrati൲ve in 2024.”
Ricciardo has been linked with a potential Red Bull seat for 2025 but his poor form, coupled with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sergio Perez’s strong start to th🧸e season, has lowered expectations of tha𒊎t becoming a reality.
Asked if he hopes Red Bull will take time when making a decision about their line-up for next year to give him the best chance of staking a c𓂃laim, the 34-year-old replied: “On one hand yes, because I haven’t shown the best me yet this year and the plan is to do that sooner than later of course.
“But also because I’m so focused on getting my season better here, I haven’༺t put too much energy or thought in⭕to the driver market.
“I know that if my 🌳results start getting better then things may happen but I guess I’ve been too focused on getting my things right before worrying about what could happen elsewhere."
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