Ricciardo makes it to Q3, but isn't happy: "We don't want to celebrate P9"

Daniel Ricciardo finally finished another qualifying session in Barcelona ahead of his teammate Lando Norris. The Australian was a bit lucky though: Norris lost his fastest time in Q2 because he exceeded the track limits. As a result, he did not advance to Q3.

Target achieved

It was with mixed feelings that Ricciardo spoke to Viaplay after the session. "Happy with Q3, yeah. That was our target, like into the session. I mean, it is always a target. We weren’t ever that quick this weekend. We were trying to work on the new package. We knew there was a possibility to get into Q3. Definitely wasn’t a sure thing. That was kind of the first target, happy we got that. Still changing some things to keep improving. But we are in a decent starting position for tomorrow." 

According to Ricciardo, the updates have worked. “I think they have. My feeling is we still get more to get out of them. Because it is not always like: you put them on. You still have to work with them, once they are on the car and kind of develop the setup around them. I would like to think we still haven’t perfected it maybe."

Small improvement

Satisfaction, on the one hand, and realism on the other. "But there is some small improvement and hopefully we can get better and better. It’s Q3. But we don’t want to celebrate P9. We still have some work to do."