Friday: Vettel and Ricciardo on an upward curve at Red Bull
In Austria, Red Bull is not yet where they were expected to be. But Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo still hope to finish as runners-up to Mercedes.
Sebastian Vettel (No. 1) – 15th and 6th
Like his teammate, Baby Schumi experienced an improvement in the afternoon compared to the morning. He states: « We saw everyone struggling to make the soft tires, the hardest tire, work, but this should change tomorrow as it will be a bit warmer. I think everyone is hoping for a great weekend, but we are not the favorites this weekend, we would love to be, but we are not quite there yet. »
The world champion said he was particularly motivated to race this Grand Prix at home for Red Bull.
Daniel Ricciardo (No. 3) – 13th and 8th
The recent winner of the Canadian Grand Prix believes he learned a lot today: « We arrived this morning with some ideas and a few worked, others didn’t, as always on a Friday, it’s never really a perfect Friday. »
Then he improved a lot between the two free practice sessions. He explains: « We still have a lot of work to do, but yes, we collected enough information tonight to make progress for tomorrow. I don’t think we’re as fast as the Mercs, it’s not really what we expected, but hopefully we can be the best of the rest again. »
