Daniel Ricciardo excited for "intense" Singapore Grand Prix

Daniel Ricciardo enjoyed a season-high fourth-place finish for the Renault F1 team, and says he is excited to be chasing a similar result at the Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix.

Speaking on Tuesday, Ricciardo said "I do relish the physical and mental challenge in Singapore.”

“It’s an intense race weekend and one you have to be ready for, more so than other races. I learnt a lot from my first race there in 2011 and realised the need for being ready for the challenge.”

"You need to be sharp for Singapore. The heat and humidity there seems to stay within the walls and buildings. There isn’t much circulation too and if you lift your visor to get some fresh air, you don’t get any, and it makes it worse!”

Reflecting on his result at the Italian Grand Prix, the Australian said “we need to back up the excellent result in Italy and put the heat on the race for fourth.”

“We deserved the double top five finish.”

“We clearly had the pace from the moment we hit the track on Friday and, from there, executed a really good weekend to come away with 22 points. It was nice to have my best result for the team. We know now there will be eyes on us to repeat that, but I can see no reason why we can’t string together more solid results and really chase down fourth place. The challenge excites me”