Daniel Ricciardo says his aim for the end of the current season include beating his more experienced teammate, Vitantonio Liuzzi, and the Virgin cars.
The Australian rookie made his debut with HRT in Silverstone three races ago, and has managed a career best finish of 18th at the last race in Hungary which was preceeded by two 19th place finishes.
He is hoping more time in the F111 will allow him to push for bigger goals in the future.
The target is to continue learning,” said the 22-year-old. “I think that will come with time in the car.
“If I could manage to sneak out a personal best result or edge out Tonio and the Virgins in a few races that would be a strong result. I have to aim high because it is only going to help me for the future.
“I think that for the last few races of the year I can really start to push and aim for it.”
Whilst many of the newer teams look for some luck to secure their best finishes, Ricciardo isn’t counting on such a luxury and he understands the need to push himself to the very limit.
“I have a strong teammate,” he said. “It is going to take my best efforts to really try and get in front of him and to push for a personal best result for the team.
“I don’t think it is going to come through luck; it’s just going to be hard work for now. I really have to soak in as much information as I can to try and become the driver I want to be and, hopefully, the one who maybe gets a personal best result for HRT one day.”
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