Rivals have been 'more adventurous' - Ricciardo

Daniel Ricciardo believes Red Bull's rivals have been "more adventurous" than his team in terms of 2017 car design.

Red Bull's RB13 was seen in the flesh for the first time when it rolled out of the pit lane on Monday morning in Barcelona, while Mercedes and Ferrari had already carried out filming days. The 2017 Red Bull follows a similar philosophy to last year's car, but Ricciardo says he is comfortable with the approach taken by his team.

"Yeah, that is an interesting one," Ricciardo replied when asked about the difference between the Red Bull design and its rivals. "Obviously people expect us to have the most detailed car with lots of little wings everywhere, but it looks like some other teams have tried some more adventurous things.

"We have to see. I definitely have faith in my guys with the team. If we feel that we need to try some other things then that is what testing is for. The car looks clean. It looks nice, but at the end of the day hopefully it drives fast. That is important."

Red Bull struggled for mileage on the opening day of testing as two stoppages limited Ricciardo to 50 laps, but the Australian – who ended the day 1.1 seconds off the pace in fifth place – was unconcerned by the sensor and battery problems he faced.

"Not worried. It would have been nice to do more laps, this morning in particular. The main issue was that it was for safety measures, so we stopped running because of some sensor things and they are giving us warnings. So especially from the engine side we are playing it a bit safe and making sure we don't do damage on day one. In the last two hours we got some good running, and hopefully that continues for the rest of the test, and hopefully Max [Verstappen] does 200 laps tomorrow.

"It's not annoying because I know what to expect. Particularly on day one in testing we set a long program that we all set that with a bit of a smile, knowing that it is very unlikely that we can complete it all. So, I don't get my hopes up to much. I think it is important that we do get some running, and what is important is that we had clean running at the end of the day. It gives us a bit of momentum tomorrow.

"Today l learned that the cars have potential. We still have a lot to learn with them, getting the most out of them. Will they be six seconds quicker like people say? I don't know, that is pretty optimistic but certainly you start to feel that they are going to work, and it is winter and cold. When we come here in May it is going to be a different story, and it will help when the track warms up."