THIRD DANIEL RICCIARDO
I think the first thing that comes in my head is the word ‘ fight !’ I know there ’ s going to be a fight on my hands and it ’ s just get prepared for that , get excited for that and just the main point is just to keep cool . I knew I would probably get to a point where I needed to defend , so in the heat of the battle still make sure you know where you need to brake , you still keep your wits about you , even if there ’ s a car alongside you , still look at the apex , still look at your braking point and just know where the limit is . I know if I brake at the very limit , if I ’ m on the inside I should still theoretically hold my line . So , yeah , it was a tough last few laps , I had some sweat coming down and my eyes were burning a little bit – that made it a little more exciting , the last few laps . Just a bit of a novelty one , otherwise it was fine . Just had to keep it clean , the traffic , the backmarkers … you ’ re always a bit nervous when you come across them , and at what point on the track but fortunately they didn ’ t affect the outcome of the race .