Daniel Ricciardo is still studying at McLaren this season, and his engineer is helping him be as fast as his teammate Lando Norris.
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His engineer calmly explained to the Australian where he should improve so that he could keep up with Norris’ pace on the track.
The 31-year-old finished sixth on the time table in the first practice session on Friday, while Norris finished ninth. In the second session, Norris was in 10th place, while Ricciardo fell back to 14th.
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Daniel Ricciardo race engineer explains where to measure Norris
The engineer said, “Daniel, I think it’s worth trying again. You are fast at the exit of turn nine, which is very good, we lose three or four tenths at turn eleven.
“It looks like you took off a little early, which I don’t know if that’s traffic related and the top speed was a little slow.
” Lando is one gear higher on this corner, Lando accelerates earlier, but more progressively. To have a higher top speed, ”he added, Ricciardo confirmed the news and continued with his training session.
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The Australian is hoping to improve on his McLaren stint
Ricciardo has not really worked out at McLaren this season as he has not yet made it into the top five of the six races.
However, Ricciardo is optimistic and believes that with the upcoming triple header he will have enough time to sync with the car and get the much-needed results for the team and himself this season.
The Australian showed good pace in the first session at Paul Ricard when he finished 6th in the time table. But in the second session Ricciardo couldn’t find his groove and fell back to 14th place.
Formula 1 F1 – French Grand Prix – Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet, France – June 18, 2021 McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo during practice REUTERS / Yves Herman
The driver from Perth hopes to improve his pace for the final practice session and have an excellent qualifying on Saturday.
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Ricciardo is confident and knows that he can get the best out of the car and get points that the team from Woking desperately needs for the championship.
Can Daniel Lando’s pace keep up and overtake him in Saturday’s session? Well, we just have to wait and find out.
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