Daniel Ricciardo made his Grand Prix debut last race. The Aussie finished 19th but was a full lap behind his teammate Vitantonio Liuzzi. Despite that he is happy with his debut and says that he's looking forward to his second race: "I’m satisfied with my first race finish in Silverstone at the wheel of the HRT Formula One team car. It was nice to finish and get the first race and experience under my belt. Ideally I would have liked to be closer to my rivals but that’s the aim for this race. I have learnt that there is a lot more to the tyres and managing them than I thought. For now this is one of the main things I need to learn quickly about. My family was there and it was great to share the experience with them. It was a great feeling, so I am looking forward to doing it again this weekend."

Ricciardo drove on the Nurburgring last month. He says that he is quite familiar with the track: "I am now looking at the second challenge of my career and to complete another good race. I know the track reasonably well even if my worst souvenir was in 2008 when I raced in F3 Euro Series for team SG Formula and I stalled on the start of the second race. But in the first race I finished 6th in the points. Recently, I drove there last month in World Series by Renault. I had a great race there with Robert Wickens in dramatically changing weather conditions. I didn’t win the battle, but it was still a great race because I enjoy the track so much: The first sector is very technical and it has a nice flowing middle sector. But the weather changes a lot. It’s a bit like Spa, but I'm hoping for the race we will have some nice weather for once. My goal this time is to finish the race and close the gap to my competitors and to Tonio."