Marko Hanželic
The Australian wants to upgrade your first points this year and in the race in Imoli achieve as much as possible. In doing so, he and the team should McLaren helped score from a race in Australia where he won sixth place. After a difficult start to the season with a modest fourteenth place in Bahrain and resigning in the middle of a race in Saudi Arabia, is Ricciardo took advantage of the problems of other drivers and finished just behind a teammate Norris.
These were his first points in front of home spectators since his last appearance with Red Bullom in 2018. Team from Woking has significantly improved its form compared to pre - season testing in Bahrain and Ricciardo hopes that the team will be able to progress in the spirit of the positive moment from the last race.
“So, hopefully we will be able to maintain a positive momentum in Imola as well. With the return of the sprint racing format, anything is possible, so we need to lower our heads, continue to improve and get as much out of the race car as possible, ” he says Australianwhich adds: “It is a technically difficult track that is fast and smooth, so it will be interesting to see how these new racing cars will perform on it. We collected a good number of points in Imola last year and I hope we will get even more this year. ”
