Bagging his first points as a Renault driver, Daniel Ricciardo reckons his ‘best of the rest' showing in China was set up by a good baseline in FP1 already. Having retired from his first two grands prix with Renault, Ricciardo arrived in Shanghai determined to see the chequered flag – and do so inside the points. The Aussie, who had previously admitted he was struggling to adapt to the RS19, featured in the top ten in all but one practice session before beating his team-mate Nico Hulkenberg in qualifying. Ricciardo lined up seventh on the grid and a day later scored his first points for his new team. 'It always helps when FP1 goes smooth and sometimes I don’t know if that is...
Full Story »