Aussie racer Daniel Ricciardo finished the Malaysian Grand prix in third place, making it a double podium finish for his red Bull racing team in the final Malaysian Grand Prix and while he admits that he had hoped to follow his teammate across the line and make it a one two finish, he is happy enough that he managed to keep the charging Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel at bay and hang onto third.
"I enjoyed the race. At the beginning I had hope that I could finish second but then after the pit stop it was just about holding on to third as Seb was coming,” he said. “I was always going to get my elbows out and make it as hard as I could but I was surprised that there was only one proper attack from him. Maybe he used all the tyres to get up to me and then after the attack I guess he had some problems.”
“If I'm honest I would have liked a bit more of a fight until the closing stages just to have made it a little more exciting as the last few laps were kind of lonely.”
After a tough start to the 2017 F1 season, Daniel is thrilled with the way the last few races have developed showing that they are improving in leaps and bounds in comparison to their rivals…
"This double podium is a very positive result for us today. Obviously Max got the big one and drove well so congrats to him for the win; he drove strong all weekend. There were a few extra bits available for the cars here and I think we're going to try that again in Suzuka; it looks positive for us at the high downforce circuits."
