DANIEL RICCIARDO REFLECTS ON THE AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX
June 25, 2014 by Infiniti![DANIEL RICCIARDO REFLECTS ON THE AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX](images/articleimages/ricciardo-reflects-austrian-gp_01-400.jpg)
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Ricciardo: It's been great. Everyone's shown us so much support. It's been awesome. The driver parade today was the busiest of the year, and the buzz was really good. Obviously for us the Red Bull Ring is always going to be a big thing, but it's not just that. We're in a country with a real F1 tradition, and it's been really welcoming to all of us – not just the Red Bull teams. I'm sure we'll be back for many years to come, and knowing Red Bull they'll probably make it bigger and better. Q5: Apparently all the drivers were given lederhosen but none of the others took to them with quite so much enthusiasm. Ricciardo: Seb did! He cracked eventually and put them on for the drivers' parade. I gave them a test run earlier in the week and rocked up in them this morning. They're surprisingly comfortable. A bit stiff at first but once you're in they're OK. They have a bit of give. I wouldn't travel in them – not the thing for a 20-hour flight to Perth – but I reckon Oktoberfest, with a couple of beers – yeah, you'd be OK for a day. Q6: It's your birthday next week; what do you have planned? Ricciardo: Karting! It's the team's #Openhouse event and I'll be on track with Sébastien Buemi. Technically it counts as a work event, though it's the sort of work I'm always happy to have more of. From here I'm going to Salzburg to do a TV show tomorrow night, then a couple of days in Monaco to sort out the laundry, then it's over to England for a couple of weeks. I'll be in the simulator next week before the British Grand Prix, and then we've got the test the week afterwards. Q7: Are you optimistic for a better result at Silverstone? Ricciardo: I'm always optimistic going to Silverstone because I love the circuit, but yes, it should be a circuit that suits us a little bit more. We've got to learn a few things about our performance here, but once we do that I think we'll be fighting in the top five and trying to get on the podium.
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