Wary Daniel Ricciardo doesn't want to "play up" impact of new RB F1 chassis
Daniel Ricciardo is wary about 'playing up' the impact of having a new chass𒀰is in China.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: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澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Yuki Tsunoda, Ricciardo has been left suspecting that some💦thing might not be righ⛄t with his car.
Ricciardo 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 turnaroun🌳d his early for✱m struggles.
“It’s one you don’t want to play up too high, because it could maybe 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 Thursda⛦y.
“The plan was always to introduce the third chassis in Shanghai. Yuki has been happy with his. I understand wh🔥y. I was like ‘I’ll take it if he’s not taking it’, so I jumped at the opportunity.”
Ricciardo, who is returning to the scene of one of his most memorable victories, is hopeful of replicatinꦇg a turnaround 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 twoꦯ races, Melbourne and Bahrain,” he explained.
“A little bit of difficulty I remember, and then w𒉰e came here and this was the weekend we kind of kickstarted everything and things got better from China onwards.
“So 🥂hopefully it’s got the s๊ame narrative in 2024.”
Ricciardo has been linked with a potential Red Bull seat for 2025 but his poor form, coupled with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez’s strong start to the seaso🅠n, has lowered expectations of that 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 claim, the 34-year-old replied: “On one hꦇand yes, because I haven’t shown the best me yet this year and the plaꩵn 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 into the driver market.
“I know that if my results start getting better then things may haཧppen but I gues🍸s I’ve been too focused on getting my things right before worrying about what could happen elsewhere."
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