F1 | Ricciardo: “I need another victory to fight for the 2018 title”

Daniel Ricciardo thinks he needs another victory to really be able to officially become part of the fight for the 2018 world championship, which currently sees Lewis Hamilton in the lead followed by the German Sebastian Vettel. Ricciardo, Hamilton and Vettel have won the same number of races so far this season: two. But the Australian's retirements in Bahrain and Azerbaijan, combined on the other hand with the regularity and excellent performances of his rivals, see him in third position in the standings.

In Monaco, Daniel gave a new blow and prevailed over Vettel despite suffering an MGU-K problem. But at the moment, despite the performance and the numbers in his favor, Daniel does not consider himself one of the candidates for this season's title: “I think it's a natural question after a victory,” Ricciardo said at the Monte Carlo press conference. “I think they already asked me in China if that victory meant being in the fight for the title,” he specified. “I think Lewis still has a big margin over me, so we're still out of the fight, but it's not impossible, although it's not something I think about at the moment and even if I did, I wouldn't change my riding or my way. to work,” continued the Australian, explaining that at the moment he feels out of this title fight, but that he wouldn't change his style anyway.

“Montreal will be interesting, we will try to get some more podiums, but yes, it is likely that before the summer we have to prove that we can win at another circuit. If we do that it could be a great thing for us,” he continued, explaining his aspirations. Precisely it will be in Canada where Renault will introduce an evolution in its PU.