26/05/2016
NEWS STORY
Daniel Ricciardo: "The engine has helped a little bit but obviously we have a good car around here as well, I think it's down to a little bit of both. Let's see how we go in qualifying on Saturday. We are in a good position, depending on what the track is going to do on Sunday. I have good confidence with the car which is very important around here. I have always loved the third sector, I'm usually pretty quick in that sector. I am a bit disappointed the second apex by the swimming pool has been opened up, it's less challenging. We have a bit more downforce than other cars so that keeps us a bit steadier. If you're going to pick the races on the calendar to win then Monaco is up there, it's so prestigious, and you can really show personality around this track. Come qualifying and race day Mercedes will turn it up but hopefully I can stay in front. I'll be surprised if we can keep the gap we have today in qualifying but we will see how we go. If the weather stays the same for the race and qualifying we won't change too many things. The goal here is pole and win."
Max Verstappen: "It looks like we are not too bad, so I think it's a good start to the weekend. There's always a lot of work to do but I think it's a good start. It's good to get back in the car and this track is very challenging so that's always nice to do. On my short runs I had a bit of traffic and also when Sebastian spun I was behind him, but these things happen in practice and of course it was a great lap time by Daniel. We are almost there, tonight I will look into the data a bit more to improve my car but the most important thing is to stay out of the walls and get confident. You have to build up over the weekend so that's what we did today and we'll try to improve everything for Saturday. I think the feeling was there, we just built it up lap by lap and we didn't have a crash so that's the most important thing. The conditions were OK, we just need to work on the car balance and getting a bit more confidence in the car and from there on we'll see what happens. We are not too far off, we'll try to improve our car but I'm sure others will do that as well so we'll see."
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