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Ricciardo: 'It's my decision to start on soft tyres'
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Daniel Ricciardo said that it had been his call to ensure he will be starting tomorrow's Belgian Grand prix on soft compound tyres, rather than the supersofts that his team mate Max Verstappen will be using on the grid. "Max wanted the supersofts to start the race, and I wanted the softs, so it was easy," Ricciardo said after qualifying. "The team talked about maybe doing two different strategies, and then they asked us what we wanted to do, and we both wanted to do different strategies, so it’s a good scenario for us. "Obviously Max thinks his one will work, I think mine will work." The choice of compound is determined by the tyres used to...
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