Daniel Ricciardo insists he has not been surprised by the low-key start to his tenure with Renault, having taken just one points finish from the opening five grands prix. Ricciardo spent five years with Red Bull, winning seven races during that spell, and twice finished as the highest-placed non-Mercedes driver in the championship standings. Ricciardo joined Renault for 2019 but his seventh place in China remains his only top 10 result of the campaign amid the team’s performance and reliability struggles. “A few people have been like sorry it is not really going as well for you as you probably hoped,” he said. “Not in a negative way, but I did expect this. I knew...
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