Red Bull: We could've done better
- Jun 20, 2015
- 2 min read
Red Bull have said they think they could have done better, even after getting into the top ten in Austria, a track they have been unfavoured to do well on given their performance in Canada.
It was another good session for Daniil Kvyat, once again faster than his more experienced Red Bull team mate, getting the car into the top ten, but not quite as fast as the sister Toro Rosso, with Max Verstappen proving his speed all through the session.
Although he will be starting at the back of the field, Daniil Kvyat got his car into 8th, and said at the end of the qualifying hour, “We did all we could today with the tricky conditions we had. We got the most out of the car and the session that we could, which is positive.
“Starting from where we will be starting, it will be a difficult race for us, but if we can get a few points, that will be a good result for the team. We still have a lot of work to do, because qualifying around seventh and eighth is not where we want to be.”
Daniel Ricciardo didn’t have a great session, and went out of the top ten for the first time this season, despite the troubles with Renault. He said, “It was an unlucky Q2 for us. We lost some temperature in the brakes and I was losing time that I couldn’t make up in the high-speed straights.
“We made a compromise with the set up this weekend to accommodate the penalty we would be facing; we sacrificed some downforce for some straight-line speed. The grid position doesn’t change much for us with the penalty; we’ll try and do what we can in the race tomorrow.”
Team Principal, Christian Horner added his thoughts on the drivers days, with the team sticking with a dry setup, “Dany did a good job to qualify eighth. He probably could have been a bit quicker but the yellow flag for the Mercedes incident meant there was no DRS allowed. It was a difficult session for Daniel, who had some issues on the downshift that we need to look into. It’s going to be a challenging race for us tomorrow, but we’ll do the best we can.”
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