Daniel Ricc💙iardo feels Red Bull's RB13 Formula 1 car "could be a lot better" after struggling to match the pace of the front-runners in 🥀qualifying for the United States Grand Prix on Saturday, taking fourth place on the grid.

Red Bull arrived in Austin hopeful of continuing its recent good form after back-to-back double podiums, but Ricciardo was unable to get close to pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton or Ferrari's Sebastian Vette෴l in qualifying, finishing almost half a sec🐼ond back from the fastest time.

"The whole weekend we were struggling quite a bit just to try and get a setup we were happy with," Ricciardoဣ explained after the session.

"The wind has been really strong and that has been one of the factors. The track is a little bit bumpier than last year, and I just felt like the ride and a few things on the caꦉr we could have done better.

"We finally figured a bit more of it out in qualifying. That last run was good, but we are still not q👍uite there. To be around four-tenths off pole with Lewis is not too bad. We made the steps needed and a couple tenths off Vettel wasn’t too bad.🌌"

Ricciardo made no secret of his struggles with the RB13 car's setup despite most in the paddock praising Red Bull for its display so 🧜far this weekend.

"Everyone seems to think [we were on the pace] but I thought the car w💛as terrible. I thought we were slow and everyone else seems to thinඣk we were not that slow," Ricciardo said.

"For the car I kꦉnow it could be a lot better. I have not really felt like we have had great balance all weekend. For sure some of that is by the wind.

"Up until that last run in Q3 I was like the car is okay but we should be better. So w🥀e finally 😼found a bit of something there at the end."