At the beginning of the season, things were clearly not going well for Daniel Ricciardo, and he was simply unlucky, as was the case, for example, on the previous stage in China, when Lance Stroll crashed into the Australian’s car in a completely ridiculous way. situation, which led to retirement.
However, recently the situation has gradually improved, although the race results do not yet reflect this. But in Shanghai, Ricciardo was ahead of Yuki Tsunoda, his Visa RB teammate, in qualifying for the first time this season, and in yesterday’s qualifying in Miami, which preceded the sprint, he posted the fourth fastest time overall, which is really impressive.
“We have often said that things are moving forward, and you will see it again,” confirms Laurent Mekies, head of Visa RB. – Daniel has been working with a lot of confidence since Friday’s training. Although of course it’s always disappointing to be knocked off the track on the day you run your best race. We believe we were fighting for the points in Shanghai, but that incident happened – sometimes this happens in racing and we have no choice but to move on.”
Visa RB has prepared a number of technical updates for the Miami round. In particular, the car received a modernized underbody and an improved diffuser, while work is underway at the Faenza base to eliminate the car’s shortcomings. Mekis emphasized that engineers are also trying to make the VCARB 01 car more convenient for Ricciardo:
“We are doing everything we can to give him a more comfortable attack feeling. Some of the future new products are prepared based on his recommendations, some ideas come from us, as we try to adapt the car to his preferences.
Some of these improvements can be developed very quickly, other steps will be taken by us later in the season and they are also aimed at giving Daniel more confidence in attack. But now he is already on the right track…’
Source: F1 News

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