Daniel Ricciardo has praised the efforts of AlphaTauri, after
scoring his first points since his comeback at the Mexican Grand
Prix. The Australian finished in a credible seventh place behind
George Russell, having qualified in fourth ahead of Sergio Perez.
Ricciardo managed to maintain his position inside the top ten for
points, a week after teammate Yuki Tsunoda scored four points at
the US Grand Prix. “After last week Yuki [Tsunoda] got five points
and it was huge for the team,” Ricciardo told media, including
RacingNews365 . “Everyone was cartwheeling and backflipping, so a
week later to do six points we're very happy.” AlphaTauri currently
sits on 16 points ahead of Alfa Romeo and behind Williams in
seventh who are on 28 points with three races left to go.
Ricciardo: I was happy to be battling a Mercedes Ricciardo was
close to George Russell towards the end of the race, after Lando
Norris passed both on his charge to fifth place. Both Ricciardo and
Russell ran close as the Australian got within his DRS window down
the start/finish straight using the Hard tyres, while the Mercedes
driver nursed his worn Mediums. “Lando [Norris] passing George
[Russell] probably hurt George's tyres a little bit, so that
brought him back to me,” explained Ricciardo. “He protected well
into Turn 4, I was trying to go on the outside but I could see
we're both probably going to run off and had to abort mission. “I
think ultimately just to be battling a Mercedes at the end that
makes me more happy than just missing out on sixth.”
scoring his first points since his comeback at the Mexican Grand
Prix. The Australian finished in a credible seventh place behind
George Russell, having qualified in fourth ahead of Sergio Perez.
Ricciardo managed to maintain his position inside the top ten for
points, a week after teammate Yuki Tsunoda scored four points at
the US Grand Prix. “After last week Yuki [Tsunoda] got five points
and it was huge for the team,” Ricciardo told media, including
RacingNews365 . “Everyone was cartwheeling and backflipping, so a
week later to do six points we're very happy.” AlphaTauri currently
sits on 16 points ahead of Alfa Romeo and behind Williams in
seventh who are on 28 points with three races left to go.
Ricciardo: I was happy to be battling a Mercedes Ricciardo was
close to George Russell towards the end of the race, after Lando
Norris passed both on his charge to fifth place. Both Ricciardo and
Russell ran close as the Australian got within his DRS window down
the start/finish straight using the Hard tyres, while the Mercedes
driver nursed his worn Mediums. “Lando [Norris] passing George
[Russell] probably hurt George's tyres a little bit, so that
brought him back to me,” explained Ricciardo. “He protected well
into Turn 4, I was trying to go on the outside but I could see
we're both probably going to run off and had to abort mission. “I
think ultimately just to be battling a Mercedes at the end that
makes me more happy than just missing out on sixth.”