Daniel Ricciardo refuses to believe he is slower than Lando Norris in 2021 Formula 1 Season
Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo
McLaren’s Honey Badger, Daniel Ricciardo refuses to believe that he has been slower than his teammate Lando Norris after failing to get out of Q2 in Monaco GP Qualifying Session. Ricciardo finished the session on the 12th position while Norris finished on 6th and then moved further up on the final grid formation to 5th position.
Lando Norris’ time in Q3 was almost a second faster than Ricciardo had managed in Q2, although the Englishman was helped by track evolution. Nevertheless, Daniel Ricciardo noted that the difference in pace has been there all weekend, and he’s at a loss to explain it.
Daniel Ricciardo refuses to believe he was one second slower than teammate Lando Norris
“I’m probably confused than frustrated,” he said. “Obviously frustrated and upset, we know qualifying here is so big, but it’s probably got to a point where it’s not even the position now, it’s just we’ve been pretty much a second off all weekend.
“I’d like to say I’m just not confident or still need to learn the car but not a second, not around here.”
Daniel Ricciardo added, “Obviously I’ve been around here with Max Verstappen as teammate and I’m sure Lando’s fast, but I refuse to believe he’s a second quicker around here and I don’t mean to say that against him. But just all weekend, even crossing the line a lot of laps I felt good, I was like that’s a good lap. And I think at one point I was 1.2s slower than say what Lando had just done, so no answers at the moment.”
Ricciardo insisted that he hadn’t felt unhappy with the car during the weekend.
“Ultimately, I think we’re still for some rear downforce, but even that, I feel like I’ve struggled more at previous races this year than even like the balance here.
“You always expect the car to be not perfect here, because it’s bumpy, it’s a street track, so I never felt I got too much in my head like, ‘The car’s terrible, I can’t drive it’.
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