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Ricciardo: First lap melee affected tyre strategy in Sochi
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Daniel Ricciardo says Red Bull’s strategy at the Russian Grand Prix “went wrong” after the team bolted medium Pirelli tyres on his and Daniil Kvyat’s RB12s following the mayhem at the start of the race. The two team-mates were forced to pit on the opening lap, having damaged their cars when Kvyat hit Sebastian Vettel at the back, which resulted in the Ferrari also clipping the hapless Ricciardo. Red Bull decided to put both cars on the medium compound, hoping they can make it to the end on their sole set of white-marked tyres. Kvyat managed to do so, albeit a lowly 15th, and Ricciardo fell out of the points-scoring positions when he had to make an extra...
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