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Daniel Ricciardo admits that reaching Q3 in his final qualifying with McLaren at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was "a bit of a relief". The Australian is coming to the end of his two-year tenure at the Woking-based squad following the mutual decision to terminate his multi-year contact early, meaning that he has been left without a race seat for 2023. With the F1 weekend at the Yas Marina Circuit set to be his last for the time being, Ricciardo was happy to qualify in P10, though he will drop three places due to a penalty for a collision with Kevin Magnussen last time out in Brazil. Ricciardo happy for himself and Vettel Given his struggles during 2022, Ricciardo was satisfied with his stronger performance in qualify ing at Abu Dhabi. "I won't miss my lack of competitiveness this year," he told Viaplay . "Qualifying certainly hasn't been my strong suit obvi...

Red Bull's RB18 machine of the 2022 Formula 1 season will go down as one of the most successful designs in the history of the championship. For chief designer Adrian Newey that is quite an achievement given his reputation for designing some of the most iconic cars down the years. However, translating a theoretical design into a quick race car is a tall order. This is the remit of Red Bull chief engineer Paul Monaghan whose brief it is to work with Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez to extract every last drop of performance out of the package on each race weekend. In an exclusive interview with TheFOXposts.Com , Monaghan describes how the teams have been forced to adapt to the new rules when it comes to setting up their cars - and what the most sensitive part of the car now is. © XPBimages ...