Daniel Ricciardo beat his team-mate Max Verstappen again this afternoon. He will start from P5 while the Dutchman will start from P6. The Australian is confident he will find opportunities tomorrow.
"It is a circuit that I have always liked and where I perform well. Fortunately, we could just come to Q3 on the ultra's, which is important for the race on Sunday. I would have prefered to go past Kimi in Q3, but that did not work, unfortunately, no P4. But I think we have plenty of opportunities tomorrow."
Many thought Ricciardo had a problem at the end of Q2 when engineers pulled him to the garage via the team radio. But actually, it was to give Ricciardo the better tyres for the race.
#AbuDhabiGP | Again the strategists of @redbullracing nailing it saying to Daniel Ricciardo to abort the lap so he won't start the race with hypersoft, good call!#RedBull #CheersDan #Ricciardo #Verstappen pic.twitter.com/VFtTbXMjOR
— Pøliguez 모모 (@trymybestt) November 24, 2018