Daniel Ricciardo inspired by Pastor Maldonado’s achievement

Daniel Ricciardo says he has been inspired by Pastor Maldonado’s win at the Spanish Grand Prix and hopes to pull off a bit of a miracle of his own.

Ricciardo said that he hopes that he can win the next race to be held in Monaco after witnessing Maldonado’s victory. The Williams driver drove impressively to keep the likes of Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen off from taking his leading position. It was a surprising victory as no one really gave Williams any chance of coming up with a victory.

Toro Rosso has not shown much progress in the season so far. The team has only been able to score six points after five races have gone by. The Spanish Grand Prix saw both the Toro Rosso drivers to Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne finished out of the top ten standings.

Still Ricciardo feels that he can do well as Toro Rosso did better than Williams in 2011 and finished higher in the Constructors’ Championship.

“That’s Spain done and dusted and now we can look forward to Monaco, which is obviously a very special place,” Ricciardo said. “I really enjoy racing there, as I really love street circuits. I’ve only ever driven proper street tracks at Macau and Monaco but I loved them from the first moment I drove them. To race on those bumpy, slippery roads with the walls being so close is fantastic. There’s so much going on for a driver to contend with. There’s no room for error.”

Ricciardo added that for him 2010 was the best year. He had won the Formula Renault 3.5 and few hours later Mark Webber won the Grand Prix at Monaco. He is hoping for a repeat he added while also saying that the current season has been very unpredictable.

Maldonado’s win in Barcelona was a good example of the unpredictability of the season. No doubt Williams are a strong team and looking at their performance in Barcelona Williams clearly look to be a step in ahead of Toro Rosso. Sauber has also shown good promise and strong performances in the season so Toro Rosso are looking at Force India as their rivals of the season.

Ricciardo explained that he understood that Force India will be the team to compete against for Toro Rosso in the current season.

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