“Let’s Be More Positive Than Lando is Right Now” – Daniel Ricciardo Contradicts Norris’ McLaren F1 Fear in Australia

Daniel Ricciardo finished the Australian Grand Prix at P6. An excellent result for Daniel at his home Grand Prix. Starting at P7, Ricciardo jumped a position and finished at P6. However, his teammate Lando Norris lost one from his starting position and finished at P6. Probably because of this Lando was not the most optimistic person during his post-race interview.

Lando does not have a positive outlook on the Formula 1 season ahead of us. But Daniel, however, has a contradicting view on the situation. And feels his team will perform consistently throughout the season.

Daniel Ricciardo feels things are looking up

Even though Lando Norris finished at P5, he was not the most optimistic after the race. Talking to the press, Lando feels this result was track specific and not a sign of what’s to come. He feels Daniel and himself will face a harsh reality as the season progresses and they experience other tracks.

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Daniel, on the other hand, has a more positive outlook on the situation and their future. Daniel agrees with Lando, but only partly, as he expressed in his post-match interview. He feels there’s truth in Lando’s words, at least for the first part of the season. Daniel agrees Mclaren will perform better in particular tracks compared to others. But hopes this will change in the future.

But Ricciardo is looking towards the races to come with a positive outlook, unlike his teammate. Ricciardo added, “I don’t want to think ahead and be like, oh we’re gonna struggle on this sorta circuit, I think we have to take a result today which if you asked us in Bahrain we probably would’ve laughed, sarcastically”.

He is taking the Australian Grand Prix result as a positive one and taking his wins as he gets them. As this being the best result for him by far in the current Formula 1 season.

Not as fast as Ricciardo thought

Daniel even talked about racing against the Mercedes pair during the race. During the first half of the race, they were in there with the Mercedes and in traffic, he felt a bit competitive.

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But as the race progressed, it reminded the Mclaren pair they are quicker as the Mercedes’ stretched their lead ahead of the two. Daniel also talks about the incident in the bit which got a little hectic, but that was the theme of the race.

But after all the drama and a few DNFs, the Mclaren pair finished in top ten and both can take away some points for the team.