RB’s Daniel Ricciardo says there isn’t any must revert the workforce’s upgrades simply but because it investigates a “actually unusual” drop in efficiency on the Spanish Grand Prix.
RB introduced an elaborate improve package deal to Barcelona, which included a brand new rear wing, up to date sidepods and engine covers and a re-profiled ground.
The workforce hoped these updates would preserve its VCARB01 on the forefront of F1’s tight midfield, having not too long ago handed Aston Martin within the pecking order.
However as an alternative, the workforce went backwards in competitiveness, with each Ricciardo and team-mate Yuki Tsunoda eradicated within the first stage of qualifying.
From seventeenth and 18th on the grid respectively, Tsunoda and Ricciardo could not make an impression within the race both, with Ricciardo the very best finisher in fifteenth, half a minute behind Alpine’s last factors scorer Esteban Ocon in tenth.
RB remains to be chasing solutions on why its weekend grew to become such a shocker, with questions over whether or not or not it was led up the mistaken path by its simulation instruments or did not optimise its package deal for the altering situations throughout the Barcelona weekend.
With the second leg of the triple-header coming this weekend in Austria, the Anglo-Italian squad will not have a lot time to show issues round, however Ricciardo would not really feel the Barcelona updates want to return off the automotive simply but.
“I feel that temptation most likely solely exists in possibly in 72 hours,” Ricciardo stated. “If we’re nonetheless not sure or there is not any clear reply then possibly we are saying: ‘Okay. will we simply in the meanwhile return?’
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“However proper now I am not there but to resort to that. As soon as we put every little thing on the desk, if we’re nonetheless like that, then that most likely turns into a query.”
What’s most puzzling to Ricciardo is that he truly felt fairly snug within the automotive, and he did not suppose he and his workforce had left a lot on the desk with the automotive package deal that was accessible.
“It was a extremely, actually unusual weekend for us to have dropped off a lot,” the Australian defined.
“I did not have a foul feeling in qualifying. Within the debrief Yuki and myself each felt we did good laps, we felt just like the stability wasn’t dangerous.
“I feel merely lacked the load and we most likely do not actually get every little thing out of the brand new package deal.
“Actually I felt good within the race. I used to be pleased with what I bought out of it, however fifteenth will not be one thing that we may be blissful about.
“I’ve bought loads of notes and suggestions from the race. The following 48-72 hours [we have] numerous issues to have a look at.”
Tsunoda completed one other 25 seconds behind Ricciardo in nineteenth – solely forward of a struggling Logan Sargeant within the Williams – and did really feel there was one thing basically mistaken together with his automotive within the race.
“There was a transparent problem to start with and for positive that was compromised somewhat bit, for particularly second stint,” stated the Japanese driver.
“We have been capable of resolve it at the least in steering, however I am undecided it was fastened utterly as a result of I used to be feeling so bizarre contained in the automotive.
“The tempo was nowhere, I struggled with the stability, every little thing. For positive there was one thing mistaken occurring there.
“In qualifying the stability was okay, however simply an excessive amount of sliding and I did not really feel a lot downforce.”
