Ricciardo “felt like myself again” in F1 qualifying comeback

Ricciardo qualified 13th in Budapest for AlphaTauri, with his team-mate and main reference Yuki Tsunoda failing to make it out of Q1 in 17th place.

The Australian admitted that returning to the cockpit had been a challenge, but he felt “relaxed” and “happy” doing it.

“Of course coming into the weekend I knew there would be a bit of a hill to climb,” he said. “And I was trying not to get caught up on how I go this weekend.

“But of…