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Verstappen was ‘free to race' Ricciardo

Max Verstappen has revealed that he was free to race Daniel Ricciardo at Sepang, adamant he was pushing 'really hard' to the very end. Having initially fought over second place, the Red Bull drivers found themselves vying for the victory when an engine failure on lap 40 put Lewis Hamilton out of the race. Red Bull pitted both drivers for soft tyres under the Virtual Safety Car, however, only Ricciardo had new ones with Verstappen's already three laps old. They emerged from the pits with Ricciardo two seconds ahead and although Verstappen reduced that advantage to 1.4s, he fell off the pace in the final laps. Ricciardo raced to the victory, taking the chequered flag by 2.4s over his...
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