The Malaysian Grand Prix got off to a soggy start on Friday with the opening free practice session delayed by thirty minutes before the FIA officials deemed it was safe for the cars to venture out on.
The damp conditions didn't stop the Red Bull Racing duo from putting their best foot forward with Aussie racer Daniel Ricciardo setting the second fastest time overall.
Session two took place under sunny skies, the earlier rain disappearing altogether and even though the session ended early due to an incident with the HaasF1 of Romain Grosjean, Daniel was happy enough with his P3 position going into Saturday's FP3 and qualifying…
“It was interesting in these conditions but it was actually nice to get these runs in the wet and dry today. We were both looking pretty good in the wetter conditions and on the intermediates we were at the pace and significantly quicker than everyone else, which we'll take. This afternoon we weren't that competitive looking at Ferrari, but it looked like Mercedes struggled as well,” he said.
“If we can focus on ourselves we can still improve; on the short runs we needed to improve the front grip and on the long runs we needed to improve the rear, so we have just got to find a better compromise with the set-up. Just looking after that I think will be the key on Sunday.”
‘I think if we can find half a second somewhere then we'll be in the fight, we have still got a bit of work to do but we were OK. If we get some light drizzle across the weekend then we'll be looking pretty good; I won't complain if Qualifying and the race is wet!"
