Ricciardo happy with his first full Friday

Daniel Ricciardo completed his first full Friday today, taking part in both first and second practice, and the Australian is happy with how it went, despite the weather.

The 22-year-old managed to outpace his teammate by two tenths come second practice, however much of that could be down to his timing as the track steadily dried.

Nonetheless, he was happy to complete his first day as a Hispania driver.

“My first day at my new job is completed, it’s good to get the first day over with, I’m happy with that,” he said. “It was a bit of a shame with the weather, I think it could have been a bit nicer to me and the rest of the drivers but at least we did some laps.

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“I’m a bit more familiar with the controls now in the Hispania Racing car and hopefully the weather tomorrow is a bit drier and we can then do some proper testing in order to be ready for qualifying.

“It’s another race car so I’m always trying to learn and find the best compromise for it and the best way around the race track so I think today was not a bad day for that. I think I’m learning ok, quite quickly and as long as I keep progressing I think it will be a good weekend and a good 2011.”