Daniel Ricciardo backed up Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen’s good form in Baku by taking third place in FP2, and the Australian is confident that the team will be in the fight for the rest of the weekend.
“Practice was good today,” said Ricciardo. “Like always we will try not to celebrate on a Friday, but nonetheless we seem to be in the ballpark. It is close with Mercedes, Ferrari and also Force India and Williams aren’t too far, so it looks pretty competitive out there, and it was fun. This afternoon’s session was a lot more entertaining, the grip was coming, and you could really start to push the car.