Daniel Ricciardo has simply eight races left to make a closing impression on McLaren earlier than his time with the British workforce ends.
Key factors:
- Daniel Ricciardo completed fifteenth ultimately weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix
- McLaren is fifth within the constructors’ championship
- Ricciardo will depart the workforce on the finish of the season
The Australian comes into this weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix off the again of a tough outing final time in Belgium.
It was a poor weekend general for McLaren, with each Ricciardo and teammate Lando Norris failing to attain factors.
McLaren sits fifth within the constructors’ championship, 20 factors behind fourth-place Alpine.
The battle for fourth will probably be fiercely contested within the closing eight races of the season, with a big monetary incentive driving each groups.
Ricciardo has struggled in 2022, which has led to him and the workforce opting to half methods with a 12 months remaining on his contract.
However the Australian has been adamant he nonetheless has the need to compete on the highest stage, which is motivating him for the rest of the 12 months.
Ricciardo stated regardless of the disappointing lead to Belgium — the place he was in rivalry for factors for a lot of the race — there have been positives to take into the Dutch Grand Prix.
“Final weekend was not what we needed it to be, however we have bounced again earlier than so we will undoubtedly do the identical this time round,” he stated.
“We have got some good learnings from [Belgium] which we will use for this weekend so hopefully we come out a bit higher and might correctly battle with the Alpines.”
McLaren workforce principal Andreas Seidl echoed his Australian driver’s feedback, as he tries to orchestrate a cost to the highest 4 of the standings.
“We have spent the previous few days analysing the previous weekend and guaranteeing we study as a lot as doable from it,” he stated.
“The lead to [Belgium] was not what we hoped however we will take these learnings and use them to maximise our bundle.”
Follow for the Dutch Grand Prix begins on Friday, with the race to be held on Sunday night Australian time.
