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Daniel Ricciardo walked away from the Mexican Grand Prix with AlphaTauri’s best result of the season in seventh place, jumping the team to eighth in the standings. However, he believes an even better result was on the cards.
Daniel Ricciardo expressed confidence that he could have secured a fifth-place finish in the Mexico City Grand Prix if it weren’t for the red flag. The race was suspended after Kevin Magnussen’s rear suspension failure, causing damage to the barriers. Ricciardo was running in fifth place at the time. After the restart, he fell behind George Russell’s Mercedes and later behind Lando Norris. Despite a late challenge to Russell, Ricciardo finished seventh. He believed that without the red flag, he could have achieved a better result. Ricciardo’s late attack on Russell was aided by Norris slowing down the Mercedes, allowing him to close the gap. Overall, Ricciardo was happy to be battling a Mercedes at the end of the race.
Source: RacingNews 365
