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Ricciardo deserved pole over Verstappen - Horner

Daniel Ricciardo was well worth his pole position for the Mexican Grand Prix, according to Red Bull team principal Christian Horner, who said the Australian simply deserved to beat teammate Max Verstappen, despite the Dutchman's previous form at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. Verstappen had topped all three practice sessions, Q1 and Q3 after the initial runs, but Ricciardo pulled out a mighty lap at the end to pip his stable-mate b two hundredths of a second. It likely saw Verstappen's last chance of eclipsing Sebastian Vettel's record for F1's youngest pole-sitter go up in smoke and he was furious afterwards, blaming his car for a "crap" qualifying. Horner had no interest in...
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