Wary Daniel Ricciardo doesn't want to "play up" impact of new RB F1 chassis
Daniel Ricciardo is wa🃏ry about 'playing up' the impact of having a new chassis in Ch🗹ina.
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 ꦦleft suspecting that something might not be right with his൲ car.
Ricciardo will get a new chassis for this we♚ekend’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 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 Thursday.
“T𝓀he 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 opportunity.”
Ricciardo, who is returning to the scene 🤪of one of his most memorable victories, is hopeful of replicating 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 two races, Melbour🃏ne and Bahrain,” h▨e explained.
“A little bit of difficulty I remember, and then we cꦐame here and this was the weekend we kind of kickstarted everything and things got better from China onwa🔯rds.
“S♉o hopefully it’s got the same 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 season, has lowered expectations of that becoming a reali🅘ty.
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 hand yes, because I have🏅n’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 o𒉰n 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 happen but I guess I’ve been too fo🍸cuse𒁃d on getting my things right before worrying about what could happen elsewhere."
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