"We’re in a position to take points and we’ll be working hard to do that"

Daniel Ricciardo will start the Russian Grand Prix in 10th place and will hope to make his way up the grid during tomorrows race. The Renault driver has struggled for pace all weekend and will hope that his race pace set up is more competitive. 

“I’ve not been that fast all weekend, so to get into Q3 was pretty good," Ricciardo said after qualifying. "That was our target and we got there. I had to use an extra set in Q1 and that meant I only had one new tyre run at the end of Q3 and it wasn’t quick enough to be higher than tenth.

"We’ll do better tomorrow; we’re in a position to take points and we’ll be working hard to do that. Credit to Nico for his qualifying, he’s been fast this weekend.”

Ricciardo is a quality driver and will relish the opportunity to try and race through to midfield to get the maximum points.