Ricciardo: “I fitted the slicks too late”

His expectations for the Zwelteg qualifications were different and more satisfactory and instead the Red Bull he competed with Williams in the lower part of the top ten.

“Q3 was fun because we had to quickly adapt to the changing conditions. I went out with the intermediates and the pace immediately seemed good to me. When I mounted the slicks I did even better. In retrospect I regret not having returned earlier to be able to do at least a couple more laps. Thanks to the penalties I will start a little further ahead. With the supersofts I will try to get closer to the leading group” – the report by Daniel Ricciardo, 4rd and 7th.

“I went out too early so in the last available opportunity the competition found themselves advantaged by a drier track. We'll see how it goes tomorrow. Unfortunately I'm going to start quite far back. I hope we can review the curbs that have caused problems so far" – he reported Max Verstappen, 5rd and 9th.

Chiara Rainis