Daniel Ricciardo had to finish Red Bull’s Friday work at the Silverstone circuit by himself after his teammate Max Verstappen crashed in FP2.
Daniel Ricciardo
“It was actually pretty warm for Silverstone which we aren’t used to. I normally bring a ski jacket here, even in July (laughs). We weren’t really quick enough today and will try and improve a few things which will hopefully put us a bit closer tomorrow. But it seems for now quite a big step to Ferrari and Mercedes who look really strong. We certainly lose a fair bit of power, on the overlays you can see we are able to gain a bit in some corners but then we lose a bit of that and more.”
“We will do what we can but at the moment we aren’t on their pace. Just keeping the tyres in a good condition in these uncharacteristically hot conditions is key, if we can get on top of that then maybe in the longer runs when we get into the race on Sunday it will come to us. I don’t think we can expect too much in Qualifying and if we are to qualify on the third row we really need to understand how to make the tyres go longer and then hopefully we will have a chance on Sunday. One thing is for sure, it was fun keeping it open all the way through turns one and two.”
Free Practice 2 comes to a close at the #BritishGP ? Daniel is P5 with a 1:28.408 and Max’s session came to an early end after an off at Turn 7 ?? #F1 pic.twitter.com/yx4QwZv9hm
— Red Bull Racing (@redbullracing) July 6, 2018
Max Verstappen
“In FP1 I had a problem with the gearbox but I don’t know exactly what that is yet. In FP2 I think I was a bit too quick on the hard tyre; I tried to go too fast through the corner and I just lost it. The feeling is good and the car is working quite well but we are just losing a lot of time on the straights which is unfortunate. The hard tyre was very stiff, I only did a few corners on it but it didn’t feel fantastic.”
“I expected with the new surface that it would be a lot smoother but it wasn’t, some of the really big bumps have gone but anyway, it is always really good to drive on this track with such fast corners. I always feel good here. Of course, it’s not ideal to lose a session but I felt confident already in FP1. It seems like we may not be fighting for pole but we will try again tomorrow and at least I have two sets of soft tyres, which is positive. FP3 is still long enough to understand the car and tyres and anyway I will have Daniel’s data from today. We will be ok.”
Unfortunately I just lost the car in #FP2. Up until then the feeling and pace were quite good. I’m confident we can build on that tomorrow #keeppushing #BritishGP pic.twitter.com/yIfJK2nis9
— Max Verstappen (@Max33Verstappen) July 6, 2018
