“Training is definitely the thing that's keeping me with that competitive mindset. You get some anger out when you train, so that's my medicine for now.
“I feel like now it's kind of perfect to get in shape,” added the 30-year-old. “We're forced to stay in, there's no jet lag, no airports, we can really create a real training camp, which we don't always have.”
Ricciardo said he expected to see other drivers looking pretty fit when they got back together again, even if they might have so much pent up aggression that they all collided at the first corner.
The Australian said he might just qualify last to avoid the carnage and cash in.
Ricciardo obligingly jumped into his swimming pool after agreeing to do so if enough people urged him to and revealed his other activities involved driving buggies and watching sheep being sheared.
On Instagram, he also posted a picture of himself singing while driving a tractor.