Daniel Ricciardo hopes Red Bull will be strong enough to challenge Formul🃏a 1 rivals Ferrari and Mercedes for victory at this weekend’s Singapore ༺Grand Prix.

Red Bull heads to Singapore with hopes of scoring its best ꦗresult since Max Verstappen claimed victory at the Austrian Grand Prix, with the Ma🦩rina Bay Street Circuit’s characteristics expected to play to the strengths of its RB14.

Daniel Ricciardo won at the last race to be held at a street circuit in May’s Monaco Grand Prix, but has failed to make the podium since, with a run♌ of torrid reliability plaguing the middle part of his season.

The Australian is aiming to end his victory drought at a circuit he has enjoyed success at, ha𒊎ving claimed four previous rostrum appeara🌌nces, including a third consecutive second-place finish last year.

“Asꦛ everyone knows, I love street circuits. The ༒feeling of driving on the edge, so close to the walls, is something you just can’t get enough of,” Ricciardo said.

“It’s the original night ra💟ce and the schedule is always pretty hectic but there is something kind of romantic about going to the track at night and then to bed at four or five in the m💝orning.

“It’s a place where I also have good races and finish pretty stro𝄹ng. I’ve had four podiums and three second places in a row there, so it’s about time I win ꦫthe damn thing.”

Red Bull debuted🍎 Renault’s upgraded ‘Spec C’ engine at the Italian Grand Prix after Ricciardo was hit by his latest power unit grid drop at Monza.

The Renault-bound driver was encouraged by thꦏe French manufacturer’s gains and said it could be worth around two tenths of a second around Singapore’s streets “at a guess”.

Ricciardo beat Ferrari’s🔴 Sebastian Vettel to the second pole position of his career during a dominant weekend in Monaco but is not convinced Red Bull will be in such a strong position at Singapore.

When asked if he felt Renault’s estimated power unit gains would be enough to enable Red Bull to challenge for pole, Ricciardo replied: “Difficult. The two Ferraris have improved since Monaco. We hav🦩e improved but not as much as them.

“Monaco we had a little bit of room on them, but S𒐪ingapore [is] probably not as strong as Monaco for us. And ♎then with that I’d probably say Ferrari was a favourite going into Singapore, but we will see. Hopefully it is close enough.”