Ricciardo disappointed not to see team progressing
Red Bull Racing had a difficult Saturday at Montreal, with Daniil Kvyat and Daniel Ricciardo qualifying 8th and 9th for tomorrow's race. Daniel Ricciardo proved particularly unhappy with the result, having struggled with the car since the first laps on Friday practice.
Daniil Kvyat, 8th: “It wasn’t an easy qualifying but we got the maximum out of the car we could today. We have to keep pushing as we want to be further up the grid; we have a lot of work to do to be as competitive on the straights as our rivals. We knew this track wasn’t going to be easy for us, nevertheless, it’s a competitive position we’re starting from and anything can happen in the race as we have seen in the past.”
Daniel Ricciardo, 9th: “The weekend so far has been tough, we have struggled for most of it. This is a power circuit and we are power limited. We have been trying a few options with the tyres but we couldn’t find a solution that worked which is quite frustrating. We couldn’t get a happy medium. We don’t seem to be propelling forward at the moment which is disappointing. We’ll do what we can, the team is working hard and we have to keep pushing.”
Christian Horner, Team Principal: “I think considering the layout of this circuit with the high dependency on straight line speed, both drivers maximised the potential of the car. Eighth and ninth is the best that we could hope for at this track. We have seen in previous years that this race can throw up some curveball results and we will be looking to make some good progress from the grid positions tomorrow.”
