Ricciardo got off to a fast start on the medium tyre, mixing it up with Max Verstappen, but with the Dutchman on the soft tyre it was always going to be a big ask to get past. We’ll see what happens, but we can go there with a lot of confidence.”Ģ020 Belgian Grand Prix, Sunday – Daniel Ricciardo (image courtesy Renault F1 Team) Mixing It With Max In The Opening Laps Maybe it was better than my qualifying lap yesterday! This was a good track for us last year and Monza was even better. My engineer told me what the current fastest was and I thought ‘I got this’! It was a proper big lap I used all the track and went for it. It’s been a while since I’ve had the fastest lap of the race, so that was also nice. We had a lot of pace today and fourth is a strong result.

“What a race and definitely an excellent result for the team. Setting the fastest lap time on the final lap of the race, Ricciardo was thrilled to get a reward for his efforts.

On a thrilling final lap, Ricciardo eased home in fourth position and claimed one extra point for the Fastest Lap of the race with his teammate Esteban Ocon pulling off a fine overtake on Alex Albon at Les Combes to match his best result in Formula 1 in fifth. A stunning fourth-place finish for Daniel Ricciardo at the 2020 Belgian Grand Prix – that included Renault’s first fastest lap since 2010 – has seen the Australian climb up two places in the Formula 1 Driver’s Championship standings to eighth.

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