Daniel Ricciardo says he hopes to be in the mix with Ferrari in qualifying after an encouraging Friday at the Red Bull Ring.
Ricciardo ended FP2 fifth fastest, and was just 0.390s off Lewis Hamilton's record lap time around the Austrian circuit. While the gap to the Mercedes is relatively small, he expects Mercedes to be out of reach in tomorrow's qualifying session due to its ability to select a higher power setting in Q3.
"Yeah we look close," Ricciardo said. "I expect the normal situation with Mercedes, they will have a bit more for qualifying, but hopefully Ferrari don't have too much more and we can try be in that battle.