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Daniel Ricciardo was just a passenger in Baku crash - Ross Brawn

Formula 1's managing director of motorsports Ross Brawn has said Daniel Ricciardo 'became a passenger' in his crash with Red Bull team-mate Max Verstappen, due to the nature of the technical rules. Ricciardo attempted to pass Verstappen down the long Baku Circuit start/finish straight by quickly switching to the inside, but the Dutchman was wise to the move and quickly covered off the line. But just as Ricciardo darted right to take the outside, Verstappen did the same, forcing his team-mate to brake sharply. This, according to Brawn, is where the inevitable happened and the Australian simply became a passenger in an unavoidable crash as his RB14 was robbed of the downforce it needed...
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