Daniel Ricciardo will start only 18th on grid for his home F1 race after losing his best lap time in qualifying.
The RB driver had produced a lap good enough to get through to Q2 in Melbourne but was knocked out in Q1 when his time was deleted for a track limits violation, which dropped him down to 18th.reach Q3 and go on to qualify an impressive eighth for Sunday’s grand prix, Ricciardo worryingly conceded that he felt his best lap “was all I had”.“I knew Turn 4 I was fighting and was wider, but it happens and then you think about the next corner.
"It's been like a struggle all weekend. That lap was all I had and was still slow. I have done enough of these laps and qualis to know where I am and still some things I think we are missing.” “OK, the time got deleted, but the lap itself was definitely the best quali lap that I’ve done this year, and those ones are normally quite good. Going into Q2, I don’t know where there was much more time,” he added.
“It’s not like McLaren where I was a bit unsure and I can’t push the car here. But yeah, just some corner speeds, simply not able to gain enough speed.”
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