Ricciardo 'felt like myself again' as he made his F1 qualifying return and outpaced team-mate Tsunoda in Hungary.
The Australian admitted that returning to the cockpit had been a challenge, but he felt"relaxed" and"happy" doing it.
"And, you know, jumping in the car and qualifying, I felt actually really relaxed and just, not to take it lightly, but just happy to be back and happy to be able to push a car on the limit again. Ricciardo stressed that his priority in Sunday's race is to learn about the car for both himself and the team.
Regarding his learning curve, he added:"I think I've done probably only maybe an eight-lap run or something at the moment. I think tomorrow there's going to be a lot of things for me to learn in terms of tyre management, but also the car with fuel."As the tyres go off, I think I'll start to probably discover a bit more about the car and obviously then in those conditions, the weaknesses.
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