QUALIFYING REPORT
However, when the opportunity presented itself,
Ricciardo delivered a superb lap of 1:22.680 to claim P3
behind the Mercedes. The Australian was the only nonwork Mercedes to dip below the 1m23s barrier.
Verstappen tried to react and the 18-year-old did
make a small improvement but it wasn’t enough to beat
his team-mate and Ricciardo’s lap was good enough to
beat out his new team-mate by four tenths of a second.
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