Daniel Ricciardo has admitted Red Bull “wasn’t that quick” at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve despite scoring a podium finish at the Canadian Grand Prix.
The Australian driver had a difficult race from sixth on the grid, moving ahead of the Ferrrari duo early on before jumping up to third when his team-mate Max Verstappen retired.
Red Bull opted for the soft tyre for the final stint and while he was able to get to the end on the hardest compound taken to Canada, he came under intense pressure from the Force India drivers and Sebastian Vettel late on.
“I don’t think I had fun until I saw the chequered flag,” he said afterwards. “It was tough. I was defending the whole race, and we weren’t that quick to be honest.
“I had pressure, so I couldn’t afford to do any mistakes, and it was getting quite hot so concentration was being tested, but it was a lot of fun.
“The soft was a bit slow to get going, I couldn’t really get anything out of the tyre. It was really hard to find the grip and quite easy to make a mistake.
“For sure the supersoft I think was better – and yeah we weren’t particularly quick with that tyre but, yeah, just managed to put in as many clean laps as I could. The wind was throwing the car around quite a lot and that was tricky.”
Nevertheless, Ricciardo was pleased to score his third consecutive third place: “I'm very, very happy. Igot carried away on the podium and didn’t manage to thank the team but yeah, three podiums in a row.
“I'm happy with that. Obviously, we’re not the quickest car on the track at the moment but we’re managing to put it together on a Sunday.”
