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 Bahrain, but Daniel Ricciardo has mov🀅ed 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-season testing in Bahrain.
The Auꦚstralian had a standout day driv🅺ing 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 expectations after what appeared to be a very encou🐬raging start.
“I think, st♔art of the season, we need to be a little bit cautious,” said Ricciardo, who was just 0.015s 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 Dhabi [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 balanc🍷e 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 Sakhirℱ track in what turned out to be a solid opening day for꧑ the Faenza outfit.
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 f✨eels like Williams are hiding performance a 🌸little bit.
"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 achie🦂ve this in the 🐻first race, I think that’s a really good start."
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