Daniel Ricciardo admits he was surprised by the race pace demonstrated by Renault’s Formula 1 midfield rival Racing Point in the Chinese Grand Prix. Following back-to-back retirements in Australia and Bahrain, Ricciardo finally got off the mark with his first points finish since joining Renault as he came out on top of the midfield fight in Shanghai in seventh place. The Australian maintained the position throughout, but found himself coming under pressure from the Racing Point of Sergio Perez. “I was a bit surprised by Perez’s pace in the race,” Ricciardo said. “Ideally, we want to stretch the gap to the others but he had a really strong one. There are still some areas we can...
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