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Ricciardo ‘was smiling' when Perez pitted from third

Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo says he was smiling inside his cockpit when Sergio Perez conceded third position late on at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix to serve a pit stop. Perez and Racing Point opted for the Soft tyres for the final handful of laps, coming into the pits under a Safety Car period that was deployed following Max Verstappen’s retirement. Ricciardo inherited third as he didn’t make a second stop, deciding to go to the end of the race on his old, Hard tyres. The decision to prioritise track position over fresh tyres proved to be the right one, as the Australian crossed the line to take his second podium in three races. “I’m not going to take this for granted,”...
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