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Horner: Alternate strategy key to toppling Mercedes

Christian Horner is confident that Red Bull's choice of supersoft tyres for the start of the Mexican GP will allow Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo to give Mercedes a hard time. Having split its drivers in Austin, this time Red Bull went for the traditional approach of supersoft tyres for Q2, while Mercedes and Ferrari went for softs and a potentially longer opening stint. In Q3 both drivers were ahead of Nico Rosberg, although ultimately they lost out to the German. Verstappen and Ricciardo will thus start behind the Mercedes duo on the second row, and there is a chance that their extra grip will give them an advantage off the start line, and possibly in the first few corners if their...
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