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Daniel Ricciardo admits becoming dominant Toro Rosso driver first goal for future move

Australian says beating Vergne will "start to turn some heads"

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Daniel Ricciardo admits that "convincingly" outperforming his Toro Rosso team-mate Jean-Eric Vergne is the first mark he must hit if he is to start putting himself at the front of the shop window for a future Red Bull drive.

Both drivers are hoping to have access to a more competitive car for 2013 after Toro Rosso generally fell away from their usual midfield rivals for a lot of last season. With winter testing with the STR8 having gone solidly, Ricciardo is hopeful they will be able to kick off the new campaign fighting for points finishes "We hope so and definitely that's the plan," he added. "I have faith that it can definitely deliver some better results. "We still have to see; testing was not so clear for everyone and conditions probably didn't really help, so this week in Melbourne and Malaysia we'll get a better idea of where we are - and hopefully that's definitely in the points."

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