Having dominated every practice session, and only lost out in qualifying due to the brilliance of Sebastian Vettel, it was widely assumed that Red Bull would be strong in yesterday's race. Then fate stepped in, in the shape of the weather gods and an ill-advised pincer movement from the Ferrari duo. However, having, like Lewis Hamilton, escaped the start-line calamity, Daniel Ricciardo was never able to challenge the Briton, and despite two further safety car periods during the race, thereby closing up the field, the Australian was unable to take advantage. Team boss Christian Horner subsequently revealed that it was an early gearbox issue which meant Ricciardo was unable to challenge...
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