SOCHI, Russia -- Daniel Ricciardo says Red Bull's 1.8s gap to pole position was expected around its "bogey" track in Sochi.
Ricciardo took best-of-the rest honours behind Ferrari and Mercedes in Sochi, albeit a big margin off former teammate Sebastian Vettel's 1:33.194 benchmark. Red Bull has seen the gap to the front come down at each of the last three races, but Russia's qualifying gap was double the deficit the team had in Bahrain.
Despite falling further behind the leaders in Russia, Ricciardo thinks Red Bull can be happy with the fact he beat Williams' Felipe Massa into fifth position.