Ricciardo: Melbourne 'feels like another season' given Red Bull progress

Daniel Ricciardo is hopeful of mounting a bid for his second Formula 1 victory of the season in this weekend's Singapore Grand Prix thanks to Red Bull's rapid development progress throughout 2017.

Red Bull started the season a significant margin back from pace-setters Ferrari and Mercedes, but made strides with its RB13 car to put Ricciardo in a position to capitalise on a hectic race in Azerbaijan and score his first win of the season.

Red Bull has failed to win since, but appears to be closer to Ferrari and Mercedes than at the start of the year, and could overhaul them in Singapore given the tight, twisting nature of the Marina Bay Street Circuit, suiting the strengths of the car.

"We want to win, and win more. We’ve fortunately got one this year, I believe we can win another and then obviously next year to start accumulating more and obviously fight for a title," Ricciardo said.

"That’s what we really want. We’re certainly going in that direction. If I look back at Melbourne, that feels like another season. We’re in a completely different position so progress has been good.

"I think we've got to keep that going to Abu Dhabi and then make another step across the winter to start strong for 2018."