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Ricciardo: With these tyres you drive the out-lap like your grandma

In an era of excessive and controlled tyre wear, with the life of the option tyre being measured in corners rather Daniel Ricciardo explains what is required to make sure that he optimised his tyres ahead of a hot lap during qualifying. Speaking ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix weekend, the Red Bull driver explained how the tyres work, 'The fact it comes in straight away is awesome. In qualifying, you drive the out-lap like your grandma, desperately trying to not kill it before the flying lap starts.' But added, 'I still prefer it to the scenario with a tyre that takes three laps to come in.' Ricciardo is hoping that Red Bull can find some better performance in the RB11, as he has...
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