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Red Bull says using supersofts in Q2 was "low risk"

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner says his team's choice to send out both Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen with supersofts in Q2 during qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was a "low-risk" strategy. Once again Red Bull went for an alternate strategy, with both Ricciardo and Verstappen getting through Q2 on the supersoft rather than ultrasoft tyre, which they will thus both use for the start. However, while Ricciardo moved up a place from fourth to third on the final runs, Verstappen dropped from fifth to sixth. "It's a low-risk strategy this one, because we were very safe to qualify on that tyre," Horner told Motorsport.com. "It's been a bit more robust...
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