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Renault Drivers Bemoan Traffic Issues During Japanese Grand Prix Practice

Daniel Ricciardo felt the positions that both he and team-mate Nico Hülkenberg found themselves in at the end of Friday’s running at the Suzuka International Racing Course was unrepresentative of where the Renault F1 Team are this weekend in Japan. The Australian was held up by traffic on both of his Qualifying simulations in the afternoon session, meaning he ended up down in seventeenth, just ahead of his team-mate, but he feels there is a lot more pace in his R.S.19 than shown on Friday. “We focused on getting in as much running as possible today knowing tomorrow is off,” said Ricciardo.  “We improved the car in the afternoon after a difficult morning and found some decent...
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