Daniel Ricciardo is willing to take short term pain at the Italian Grand Prix to allow Red Bull to chase success in Singapore.
Red Bull struggled in the early part of the season as power unit reliability problems masked issues with the RB11's chassis. However, the team has made clear improvements in recent races - with both Ricciardo and Daniil Kvyat finishing on the podium in Hungary - with the biggest progress being made in terms of chassis performance.
With Monza requiring a strong power unit, Ricciardo says he is willing to take an engine penalty to ensure the team can use new units in Singapore, where he expects to be fighting at the front.
"Looking now towards the last part of the season, the last couple of races have been our strongest, as of late, Budapest and Spa have gone well for us," Ricciardo said. "I think in terms of understanding the car we’re much more on top of it now than we were earlier in the season.
"I think the chassis is back to a really strong level. Monza’s not obviously a circuit that suits us particularly. We've got the penalties as well, so you know that’s obviously a strategic things as well – take the penalty here rather than in Singapore where we expect to be very competitive.
"Then, yeah, have some fun here on Sunday, come through the field as far forward as we can and then Singapore, we can really fight for a podium there."
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