Daniel Ricciardo’s worrying ‘all I had’ admission after nightmare qualifying

Daniel Ricciardo will start only 18th on grid for his ho🌠me F1 race after lo𝐆sing his best lap time in qualifying.

Daniel Ricciardo struggled in qualifying in Australia
Daniel Ricciardo struggled in qualifying in Australia

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Daniel Ricciardo has been left in disbelief and cut a dejected figure following a nightmare qualifying at the F1 Australian Grand Prix.

The RB driver had produced a lap good enough to get through to Q2 in Melbou𒁏rne but was knocked out in Q1𒁃 when his time was deleted for a track limits violation, which dropped him down to 18th.

After watching teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Yuki Tsunoda reach Q3 and🌄 go on to qualify an impressive eighth for Sunday’s grand prix, Ricciardo worryingly conceded that he felt his best lap “was all I had”.

"ꦿI don't think it's fully sunk in [the lap time deletion],” Riꦇcciardo told F1TV.

“I knew Turn 4 I was fighting and was wider, but it happens and then you think about the next corner. But the lap, the la🐟p honestly felt like I gave it all I had.

“So I was happy with the lap, but I wasn’t happy with wh✅ere we are in terms of the stopwatch. For me that is still not adding up in my head where I think it should be.

"It's been like a struggle all weekend. That lap was all I had and was still slow. I have done enough of these laps and qualis to know where I am and still some things I think we a꧃re missing.”

Ricciardo has suffered three consecutive qualifying defeats to Tsunoda amid a difficult start to 2024, leading Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko to pile pressure on the 34-year-old♔ by telling him to raise his game.

Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) RB VCARB 01. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 3, Australian Grand Prix, Albert Park, Melbourne,
Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) RB VCARB 01. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 3, Australian Grand Prix,…

Despite this, Ricciardo insists his current single-lap struggles ♉do not compare to his well-documented woes at McLaren.

“OK, the time got deleted, but the lap itself was definitely th🍸e best quali lap that I’ve done this year, and🦩 those ones are normally quite good. Going into Q2, I don’t know where there was much more time,” he added.

“You obviously take a couple of tenths from track evo[lution], but💮 six, seven-tenths, that’s not in ღit. I feel confident in terms of braking and balance and all that.

“It’s not like McLaren where I w🐎🌳as a bit unsure and I can’t push the car here. But yeah, just some corner speeds, simply not able to gain enough speed.”

Asked i🅰f RB’s car is giving him what he needs, Ricciardo replied: “I feel like I’m at the edge with the car in terms of like four wheel sliding. So it’s balanced and I feel now I’m at the limit of where its potential is.

“After Saudi, we saw some things, the team changed quite a lot and gave me quite a few new parts for this weekend to address some of those issues and concerns. It looked like it was better, but✅ I still not fully convinced.

“We still feel like we’re struggling more than we normally are in a car that again I’m pretty happ🌠y with. It’s not like I’m really struggling here or here, it’s actually been a pretty nice car to drive. Just the laptime is proving otherwise✨.”

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