(© Ben Johnston 2015)
Infiniti Red Bull Racing’s Daniel Ricciardo believes that
his team can bounce back following a difficult 2014 Formula One campaign.
The Milton Keynes based outfit finished in second place in
the Constructors championship, 296 points behind the Mercedes AMG PETRONAS F1
Team. The outfit who went into 2014 on the back of winning four world
championships in a row scored just three victories. Daniel Ricciardo won in
Canada, Hungary and Belgium.
The Australian finished the season in third place in the
championship ahead of now ex-team mate Sebastian Vettel who has joined Scuderia
Ferrari for the 2015 Formula One season.
Ricciardo has faith that the team can close the gap as they
have the scope to make steps forward following an extremely difficult 2014
winter testing period. Ricciardo is confident that if their testing programme
for the winter this year goes uninterrupted then they will be competitive this
season.
Ricciardo stated that last year when they missed a large proportion
of testing last season they went to Australia for the opening race of the
season and finished in second place before being disqualified.
This year, Ricciardo makes the step up to lead driver following
the departure of Sebastian Vettel as Scuderia Toro Rosso’s Daniil Kvyat joins
the team following an impressive debut season in 2014.
© Ben Johnston 2015
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