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Sainz: Dice with Ricciardo meant 'proper qualifying laps'

McLaren's Carlos Sainz says he pulled out all the stops in the closing stages of the British Grand Prix to keep Renault's Daniel Ricciardo at bay and protect his hard-fought sixth place position. A botched qualifying session on Saturday had put Sainz P13 on the grid and with a barrage of midfield drivers to overcome as soon as possible. The Spaniard gained a couple of spots on the opening lap and then focused on extending as much as possible his first stint on Pirelli's medium tyres, a plan that was well executed and that nicely set up the McLaren driver for the final quarter of the race. 2019 British Grand Prix - Race results "We were on the right tyres, the first few laps it was...
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