2024 Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix Highlights

The Visa Cash App RB duo of Daniel Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda finished in ninth and 14th places, respectively, at the 2024 Formula 1 Austrian Grand Prix, with the next race coming quickly at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone on July 7.

Daniel Ricciardo

It was a tough race, and I think we were a bit more on the defensive side, so it took a lot of concentration and effort. I had a good start on the outside and was looking good, but then I lost a couple of positions as there was no more room, and I had to go wide. Once we settled after the start of the race, I think we did well; the team did a good job with the strategy to secure the position over the Alpines, and then I feel like I drove a good defence against Fernando (Alonso) and then Pierre (Gasly) in the last stint. We made a nice step from Barcelona, and it’s been a better weekend, so I’m happy to bring home some points. Now we’ll try to make another good step forward for Silverstone, and then maybe that will put us in another fight for points.

Yuki Tsunoda

The race started well. After the start, I was behind Alpine and Daniel, but by the third stint, I was way behind. The pace was off, and we’ll have to find out why. Daniel did a good job during today’s race, so in the end, we had a good conclusion. We seem to understand more about what direction we as a team have to take for the coming races, so that’s a positive.

Laurent Mekies – Team Principal

In the few days since Barcelona, everyone at the factory and the track has been working hard to extend our understanding of the updates we introduced in Spain as part of our aggressive development programme. That work continued here during the only Free Practice session while Sprint also provided us with valuable data. It is never ideal to compare specifications during a Sprint weekend, but we felt it was a necessary investment for our midterm future. The team and drivers did a great job putting together the best configuration possible for Saturday and Sunday. We are bringing home two good points, with Daniel finishing in P9 after an intense battle today and following yesterday’s strong qualifying, which saw us finishing at less than two hundredths from Q3. Yuki was only a fraction behind in qualifying and the race, but with the midfield battle being as tight as ever, it was enough for him to fall outside the points today. Once again, we only have a couple of days before we are back on track, this time at Silverstone, which is not far from our UK-based headquarters. The smallest pace difference can make you go from a points finish to the back of the grid, so everyone at the factory will be flat out to pursue our car development programme further.

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