MARINA BAY, Singapore -- Daniel Ricciardo believes Red Bull's long-run pace in Singapore is better than both Mercedes and Ferrari's but he stressed it will count for little should the team qualify outside the top two rows on the grid.
Ricciardo topped the afternoon session at Marina Bay with a lap of 1:39.711 but when times began to quicken up in the evening, Red Bull fell off the pace and eventually finished half a second shy of Kimi Raikkonen and Lewis Hamilton who were split at the top of the timesheets by just 0.01s.
However, Red Bull did show impressive signs during its race simulations in the second half of FP2 and Ricciardo feels he could be firmly in the hunt on Sunday if a few gains can be made with its qualifying setup.