TURKISH GP RACE 14

DANIEL RICCIARDO RACE DRIVER #3

After a solid drive in Imola, made it two podiums in three races. Next up is the fast and thrilling , a circuit the Australian drove in the wet nine years ago as he seeks to continue his points run

Q&A

How much are you looking forward to racing at Has the second podium feeling sunk in? Istanbul Park? The second podium felt pretty good again. It’s quite close in I can’t wait for . I’ve only done one session there in Free succession to the first a couple of weeks ago, so it’s all a bit surreal Practice 1 in 2011 and it was in the wet, so if it’s dry, it’ll basically at the moment. It’s been some ride during the last few weeks be a new track for me. It’s an awesome circuit and a lot of fun and I’ve enjoyed it. With the current situation, it’s not like we can to drive. It’s going to be pretty cool in a modern Formula 1 car celebrate, but it’s been nice to take it all in. I’m staying focused and with some fast corners and long periods of time on the throttle. not letting it get to me as there are four races to go this season. I think it will provide good racing as overtaking should be more I’m fourth in the championship, the team is third and I want to straightforward [than Imola]. I think it’s a pretty complete circuit, keep the train going. so I’m certainly looking forward to that. I think full beans around there is going to be awesome. Turn 8 is a great corner, but so is Turn 1, the downhill, unsighted left. It’s really cool!

I’m fourth in the championship, the team is third and I want to keep the train going.

Daniel Ricciardo

ESTEBAN OCON RACE DRIVER #31

It was an unfortunate retirement in Imola for who is more than determined to bounce back in Turkey. The Frenchman has never raced at Istanbul Park but goes there ready to give it his all.

Q&A

What do you know about the circuit? How have you prepared to learn a new track? Istanbul Park is a new track for me as I’ve never raced there I’ve been doing some training on my home simulator to learn before. I watched all the races when I was younger, and it the track. There are going to be some challenges such as the looks a very impressive track. I remember some awesome elevation changes and blind corners. It’s been resurfaced racing moments there such as Michael and Fernando at recently, and we have the harder compound of tyres, like the finish line on the last lap in 2006. It has some very cool in Portugal, so there could be some low grip during the corners and it’s a fast and busy lap. It should be exciting in early part of the weekend. We have limited data to prepare, these modern cars. Turn 1 is a downhill corner and it’s quite but we’re back to a normal Friday, so it should be easier blind approaching it. There are a number of medium to to get right than in Imola or Nürburgring. It’s going to be high-speed corners, and it all flows nicely. Then there’s Turn interesting again. We should be in decent shape, like we have 8, the triple left-hander. It looked an impressive corner in the been recently, and we go there in good form and ready to old cars, and I think this year it’s going to be even better. I perform again. I want to put some of the bad luck behind me can’t wait to give that a go. Usually on fast tracks we have and go there targeting a good result. decent speed, so I think it’s going to be an awesome one to drive and to race with overtaking definitely possible on the straights.

We go there in good form and ready to perform again. I want to put some of the bad luck behind me and go there targeting a good result.

Esteban Ocon

TURKEY TO SUCCESS CIARON PILBEAM, CHIEF RACE ENGINEER , RENAULT DP WORLD F1 TEAM

The team secured its second podium of the season last time out. But with Esteban’s retirement, the team still has areas to improve as Chief Race Engineer Ciaron Pilbeam looks ahead to the .

Q&A

What does the team know about Istanbul Park? What are the main assessments from Imola? Turkey is another circuit that we have been to in the past, but not recently. It has Imola was a mixed weekend for us. We were happy with our planning and execution mostly medium-speed corners in the first two sectors, with a long straight leading up of the event with the reduced weekend format. The car was competitive, and to the low speed final sector. There is also the very long and high-speed Turn 8, which Daniel’s podium was a great result for him and the team. Esteban was also in a places a high strain on the car, tyres and the driver, and which will be faster than ever good position in the race and could have scored well, but his car had a problem and in the current cars. retired from the race, which was frustrating for everybody. We need to get on top of reliability as every point will count over these last four races in the contest for third

What do we expect from the track at this time of year? in the Constructors’ Championship. As in Portimão, the track has been resurfaced recently, and the hardest three tyre compounds will be used – C1, C2 and C3. This could lead to low grip and a tricky car balance, as it did in Portugal, particularly with the low temperatures that are forecast for the race weekend.

How would you evaluate the team’s current performance? Our pace has been close to that of our closest competitors recently, and with only one point separating three teams in 3rd – 5th in the Constructors’ Championship. With other teams also well capable of getting into the top ten, we need to get everything that we can out of our car during the run-in to the end of the season.

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COLLET AND DAVID HEAD TO EUROCUP SEASON FINALE AFTER HOCKENHEIM FRUSTRATION

Renault Sport Academy Driver Caio Collet took his fifth Eurocup win of the “We’ve done a really good job this season. Victor and I have been season last weekend in Hockenheim but a technical failure in the second race meant his title one step ahead of everyone most of the time so I’m happy about that and we’ve been fighting for first place every weekend. We’ve hopes were handed a big blow. had a few issues, a few mistakes my side but also some things out of our control, which has cost us a lot of points. This weekend Caio dominated the early part of the weekend, taking pole position, the win and the fastest at Circuit , it would be nice to be fighting for the championship. Mathematically we can, but it’s going to be hard. lap from race one. But after rising from eighth to fourth in the second race a gearbox failure Anything is possible but, more importantly, I want to finish the forced his retirement. Caio is 44 points adrift of first place in the championship with one season on a high. That’s my main goal for this weekend.” round, this weekend, at , to run.

CAIO COLLET picked up a point in race one after finishing tenth in Hockenheim. He also ran strongly in race two before a technical problem meant he had to retire. Hadrien aims to finish on a high this weekend on home territory.

“The last race of the season is coming up and it’s my home race! The last time I was there, I had a double pole position and claimed the FIA F4 title – as the youngest person to ever win it, so I have very good memories there. Hopefully we can have a successful weekend. Our pace looks much stronger in the last few rounds so let’s confirm that!”

HADRIEN DAVID

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WHITE HARD (C1) YELLOW MEDIUM (C2) RED SOFT (C3)

DANIEL 3 3 7

ESTEBAN 3 3 7

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