Daniel Ricciardo was able to drive to a career best P18 finish. The Aussie outperformed his teammate and the Virgin of Jerome d' Ambrosio. Good reasons to be pleased: "Overall, I'm satisfied with my race and the best finish in three races. During the race, I wasn't really sure where I was on track because a lot of cars made quite a few pit stops so in all honesty I didn't really know how I was doing. Towards the end I felt we had quite a good balance in the car and I was able to do some good times."

He notes that it wasn't a perfect run though, but overall he is very happy with the progress the team is making: "I'm sure there are things I could have done better so we'll look into that to keep on improving. But again I feel we are progressing well; Silverstone to Nürburgring was a very big step and this time we have taken another good step. I want to be ahead of our main rivals and prove I can go the distance in the race. The most positive thing today was that we made the right decisions with pit stops, so we need to try and stay in this path. Today's race certainly gives me something to smile about coming into the summer break."