Daniel Ricciardo: “Have a more successful weekend”

His dive into the pool at the Energy Station Red Bull after his success in Monaco last year was one of the images of the past season.

Twelve months later, Daniel Ricciardo will be far from being favored for his own succession in the Principality of Monaco. Passed into the clan Renault this winter, the Australian must deal with an RS19 far from having the sufficient level of performance to play the leading roles.

Present only once in the points since the start of the championship, in China, Ricciardo intends to bounce back on a track which has often smiled on him in the past.

“I can't help but be a little disappointed after Spain as we missed out on the points, admits the former Red Bull driver. We underperformed with a car that should have been in the top ten.

We must do better and have a more successful weekend. I feel good behind the wheel, we made good progress throughout the three days and we deserved our place in Q3. As I said, Monaco is a circuit that I have always appreciated.

So I can't wait to give everything to get the points back. We have our cards to play and we will attack like never before to obtain the best possible result. Anything can happen in Monaco. »

The Australian hopes to benefit from Renault's progress in the use of Pirelli rubber, which caused him a lot of problems on another urban route already taken this year, in Baku.

“We carried out specific tests in Barcelona to progress in these areas in preparation for Monaco. » underlines in this sense Nick Chester, technical director in charge of the chassis at enstone. Enough to make the Renault RS19s shine below the Rock?