Daniel Ricciardo believes he will be more comfortable in this year's McLaren Formula 1 car once he gets to drive it under the floodlights in Ba𝄹hrain.

The Australian has topped bo♛th morning sessions so far in pre-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit. 

The new McLaren has impressed many during testing with its innovative diffuser d🐼esign attracting a lot of atte🗹ntion.

W🍌ith the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix taking place under the floodlights, Ricciardo is itching to give the MCL35M a spin in more representative conditions.

Reflecting on his performance so far in testing, Ricciardo said: “I think it’s all gone pretty smooth. I don’t know what could have gone better yet past the lap times but generally it’s ⛦been pretty good and we’v🐎e done most runs that we’ve planned. I do the evening session tomorrow, and I think that will just complete the picture.

“That’s obviously when we race here and qualify, so that’ll give me a better und🌠erstanding of where the limit of the car is, in let’s say, more optimum conditions.”

Ricciardo believes driv🐭ing in ꧅the evening session on day three will allow him to truly acclimatise to his new surroundings.

“It’s a tough one,” Ricciardo added. “You never want ܫto admit that you are not driving to the limit yet or anything, but the reality is that it does take a little bit of time to execute it 100 percent. I think I’m certainly getting close, but am I truly at one with the car yet?

“Not yet. I expect to get a fair bit out of myself tomorr🥂ow in the evening session and I exꦺpect to start getting closer to that.

“From a race weekend and dialing into strategic stuff with the team and going through a race simulation, I’m pretty comfortable. I think it’s really just me getting comfortable within 𓆉myself and the car. It naturally takes a bit of time but I don’t really want to give myself the time.”