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Ricciardo smiling again...

Daniel Ricciardo has revealed that, pre-race, Red Bull and himself reckoned a fourth-place finish at the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday would be "optimistic", but was happy to be pleasantly surprised at the amount of overtaking opportunities which were presented in Suzuka, which left him "smiling". In Saturday's qualifying session, Ricciardo failed to progress to Q3 for the fifth time in his last seven races, leaving him with a starting position of 15th the next day. However, the Australian rallied in the GP to finish fourth from 15th, which exceeding expectations of both himself and the Red Bull bosses. "With all things considered in where I started I...
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