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Horner defends Ricciardo strategy

Red Bull Racing boss Christian Horner says he felt pitting Daniel Ricciardo against Sebastian Vettel on a three-stop strategy was the team’s best chance of victory during the Spanish Grand Prix. Both Ricciardo and Vettel were ultimately beat to the finish by two-stopping team-mates Max Verstappen and Kimi Raikkonen, leading to Verstappen’s fairytale victory on debut for RBR. However, Horner says the reason why Ricciardo, who led the opening stages of the race after the two Mercedes drivers collided, was put on the three-stop strategy is because the team genuinely believed it was the best way to beat Ferrari to victory. “We felt that once Sebastian had passed Carlos Sainz and was...
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