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Ricciardo expected Red Bull to be closer to Mercedes
The Red Bull Formula 1 team's pace so far during the Japanese Grand Prix weekend has been worse than expected, according to Daniel Ricciardo. Red Bull scored its best result of the season last time out in Malaysia, with Max Verstappen winning and Ricciardo taking third. But in qualifying at Suzuka, Riccardo and Verstappen finished around one second off the pace set by pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton. When asked if he expected to be closer to the pace, Ricciardo said: "Yeah. A second is quite a bit. "Before the weekend, I thought it would be around more six tenths, half a second but after the morning we were a bit off the pace. I don't think we could have done anything better. "Max...
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