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Daniel Ricciardo: “My objective was to start on the softs”

Daniel Ricciardo was not unhappy with qualifying fifth for the Belgian Grand Prix on Saturday, and feels there is a lot of potential for a good result during Sunday’s race. The Red Bull Racing driver will start the race on the Soft Pirelli tyre, which had been the plan from the start, but the Aussie admitted he was nervous as he sat in the garage towards the end of Q2 with drivers aiming to knock him out on the Supersoft tyre. “In Q3 I would have loved to have got a bit more out of it, but I’m not too disappointed looking at the race tomorrow,” reflected Ricciardo. “I’m really pleased I got through on the softs in Q2, that was our objective, whether it works tomorrow or not...
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