Daniel Ricciardo celebrates "awesome result" in Silverstone qualifying

Daniel Ricciardo has qualified in fifth position for the F1 70th Anniversary Grand Prix, with Valtteri Bottas taking pole position ahead of Lewis Hamilton.

Daniel Ricciardo in good spirits at the F1 70th Anniversary Grand Prix. (image: Supplied)

The Australian was up to third in the standings before the final run in Q3.

“I think fifth place is an awesome result for us and I’m very happy with that,” he said.

“I knew my lap was pretty good, I really was on the limit with the car and I got pretty much all I could from it today. I don’t have any regrets, or any feeling of a missed opportunity and we’ve put ourselves right up there for the race.”

Daniel Ricciardo driving for the Renault DP World F1 team during the F1 70th Anniversary Grand Prix. (Image: Supplied_

Saturday’s qualifying session saw mixed results, with teams trying different tyre strategies to compensate for difficulties faced by the Soft compound.

“We had the Medium working really well and I’m happy with that,” said Ricciardo.

“Tomorrow’s race will be interesting and there will be a mixture of strategies. We know we have a good race car, we just needed to qualify better to give ourselves an even better chance on a Sunday.”

“I’ll do my best tomorrow and give it all I have.”