Daniel Ricciardo senses a buzz in the air of the Renault garage ahead of the French Grand Prix weekend. His performance in Canada helped yield a double points finish for Renault as they fly into their home race with good momentum.
Ricciardo didn't get off to the best of starts at Renault, but a P4 in qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix "ignited a pretty nice fire" according to the Australian.
“It’s certainly flourished quite a bit the last few races. It’s nice now, it’s really nice. I’m getting used to it, but the car’s improving, and the whole dynamic is transforming," Ricciardo is quoted by Motorsportweek.
“I guess I in a way focused continuously on myself, that my speed would come and the team, I guess I knew it would kind of grow naturally over time."
The next goal for Renault is to maintain the level they reached in Canada. Moving within two points of fourth-placed McLaren has created excitement in Ricciardo's world.
"I feel ignited a pretty nice fire. The team had their first taste of a pretty big result in a while, especially the qualifying, nearly getting interviewed after qualifying! So I think even just getting a sniff of that was good to see," he added.
"Like all those things, it’s going to be, to get really inside the top five every weekend, that’s then that other step. We’ve made the first step there at least which is not bad after seven races I guess.”
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