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Ricciardo ‘encouraged’ by long run pace despite wing failure

Daniel Ricciardo Daniel Ricciardo was left ‘encouraged’ by a long run in his Renault despite an early finish to his morning of Formula 1 testing due to a rear wing failure. Ricciardo was thrown into a spin at Turn 1 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya after the Renault threw off its top wing element. The West Australian came to rest before in the gravel trap before he reached a wall but only got a sighting lap in once his crew tended to the RS19. With team-mate Nico Hulkenberg driving in the afternoon session, Ricciardo only recorded 28 laps on the second day of pre-season, but was upbeat about his day. “I was quite encouraged on the run before I had the, let’s call it, DRS...
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