In the round-up: Laurent Mekies says Daniel Ricciardo is back on form after his performance in Miami.
In brief
Mekies pleased Ricciardo’s “back in great form”
After Daniel Ricciardo drove his RB to his first points of the season in the Miami Grand Prix sprint race last weekend, RB team principal Laurent Mekies says his team’s senior driver is “back in great form”.
Ricciardo qualified fourth on the grid in sprint race qualifying and finished there, securing five points for RB. Team mate Yuki Tsunoda added another seven across the sprint race and the grand prix.
“It was particularly gratifying to see Daniel back in great form, demonstrating the skills and determination we know have always been there,” Mekies said. “Unfortunately, he started on the back foot on Sunday from P20. In the second stint, he got stuck in traffic and could not move up the order and had to settle for P15.
“As for Yuki, his fourth Q3 appearance out of six races this season underlines how consistently he is performing and today, he underlined his maturity with an intelligent, yet aggressive and super quick drive from tenth on the grid to seventh at the flag.”
Porsche Penske quickest in Spa practice
The number six Porsche Penske team of Kevin Estre, Andre Lotterer and Laurens Vanthoor were quickest at the end of the first day of practice for the Six Hours of Spa World Endurance Championship event.
The number six car set the best time of the day with a 2’04.162, a tenth quicker than the number 50 Ferrari of Antonio Fuoco, Miguel Molina and Nicklas Nielsen, with the number two Cadillac of Earl Bamber and Callum Ilott third.
Qualifying for tomorrow’s race will take place this afternoon.
Andretti extend Formula E deal with Porsche
Andretti’s Formula E team has announced it will remain with Porsche powertrains until the end of the 2026 season.
The team have run with Porsche power since the arrival of the Gen3 car at the start of 2023. The team’s driver, Jake Dennis, secured the world championship title last season.
“There was never any doubt in our mind about who we’d want to be working with,” said team principal Roger Griffiths. “We have had a very special relationship with Porsche Motorsport, both on and off the track, and we have seen an awful lot of success together. Hopefully, we can share more success in the future.”
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