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Verstappen arrival was big for my season - Ricciardo

 XPB Images Daniel Ricciardo admits "it was a big thing" when Max Verstappen was promoted to Red Bull and helped spur him on this season. Verstappen had impressed at Toro Rosso but it was still a surprise when Red Bull opted to replace Daniil Kvyat with the then 18-year-old at the Spanish Grand Prix. The Dutch driver duly went and won his first race for the team and Ricciardo acknowledges the importance of Verstappen's arrival in pushing him to perform to his best this season. "It was a big thing," Ricciardo told the official Red Bull website. "Especially that first weekend in Spain which was pretty crazy, and not just because he won. I suspect the team...
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