Ricciardo delighted with his new podium at Silverstone

Daniel Ricciardo shone again at the British Grand Prix by climbing to the last step of the podium after starting from eighth place. The Australian adopted a daring strategy by making only one stop after resuming on hard tires following Kimi Räikkönen's crash. “ I didn't think I would make a single stop when I left with these tires. The team asked me if I could do 15 or 20 laps and I said I could. »

His risk-taking allowed him to get ahead once again Sebastian Vettel who fought for a long time with Fernando Alonso to take fifth place after having preferred to make two stops. The Australian is the closest to the drivers Mercedes with 11 points ahead of the double world champion. " I feel good. I feel like this is my best third place. I'm not usually overjoyed with a result like this, but I was today. I'm glad I made up for it after yesterday. We didn't have a fantastic car, but we did well. I was a little worried during the last two laps seeing Jenson (Button) come back. My tires started to fail three laps from the finish. I thought I was going to be vulnerable if he could activate his DRS. »

Discover the analysis of the British Grand Prix carried out by our special correspondents in issue 1968 of AUTOhebdo, available from tomorrow evening in digital version on all platforms, and from Wednesday on newsstands.