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Ricciardo admits two-stop wasn't the plan

Red Bull didn't plan to run a two-stop strategy in Baku but were forced to do so as Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen struggled with their tyres. Red Bull were amongst the first to pit in Sunday's 51-lap European Grand Prix, swapping their supersoft tyres for a set of softs after just a hanful of laps. However, rather than ran to the end on those tyres, both drivers stopped a second time to swap their soft Pirellis for a set of mediums. Ricciardo finished the grand prix in seventh place with Verstappen one place further back. It was a disappointing result for the Aussie, who had hoped to challenge Nico Rosberg for the victory. “At the start we put ourselves in a good position and...
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