Ricciardo bullish ahead of Canada weekend

Daniel Ricciardo has warned Mercedes and Ferrari that Red Bull are right on their tails despite quiet practice sessions on Friday.

Ricciardo, along with his team-mate Max Verstappen, finished just under a second behind pace-setter Lewis Hamilton.

But the Australian is adamant they are closer than it appeared and could close in qualifying.

"They had a good buffer on us today but we've got a bit more to come from all areas tomorrow," he said.

"So if we're within half a second tomorrow that would be decent and then you never know what happens in the race.

"From my happiness with the car today, we're looking OK.

"We can improve from where we are, so hopefully we'll find some good solutions tonight and that should put us close to the top four tomorrow.

"There's a bit in everything for now. I don't think I put the perfect lap together today, and we can still find some more with the set-up.

"I expect it to be less than a second tomorrow, how much less I'm not sure, but we can close the gap quite a lot from what it was today.

"I expect a bit more from me, a bit more from the set-up and that should put us a lot closer to Mercedes, and also Ferrari.

"If we put in the right work tonight we'll be pretty close to Ferrari, and with the right lap we can be ahead of them."

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