Ricciardo wants to take advantage of his tires at the start

Third behind both Mercedes de Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg, Daniel Ricciardo took advantage of his teammate Max Verstappen at the end of Q3 of qualifying for the United States Grand Prix.

A position which could prove decisive tomorrow evening at the start of the race, because the Australian will be the only driver on the first two rows to start on super-soft tyres, the Mercedes and his teammate's RB12 having achieved their best time in Q2 on soft tires.

" I'm not worried, proclaims Ricciardo at a press conference. We expected this strategy. Max wanted to try the soft and I'm happy to go super-soft. I was a little more comfortable with them in practice and they could well help me get off to a better start. »

The pilot Red Bull also admitted to being very satisfied with having been able to get ahead of the Ferrari, the Mercedes seeming to him, always a cut above. “We know they will be hard to beat,” admits the winner of the Malaysian Grand Prix. But we are ahead of Ferrari. I think the car is working well and we have our chances. »