Red Bull contender also confirms he has just moved to Monaco
Saturday 31 August 2013 13:33, UK
Daniel Ricciardo is convinced he has what it takes to go up against Sebastian Vettel and the rest of Formula 1's "big guys" should he land the coveted second Red Bull seat for 2014.
Amid reports in Germany that Ricciardo completed a seat fitting at Red Bull's Milton Keynes headquarters earlier this week, the Australian also responded to rumours that he might have problems fitting into one of Adrian Newey's famously tightly-packaged cars. "I've got wide hips. It's not my a*** per se. I guess it's genetic," Ricciardo explained. "Even when I signed for Toro Rosso we had to do a few seat fits and they did some scans to make that particular part of the cockpit a bit wider, so that we're not sitting on the actual carbon fibre. "But yeah, I've heard that Adrian does like to build small race cars. I can't do much about it. Even if I go on a massive diet my hip bones aren't going to change."
