Daniel Ricciardo had never been the fastest in any of the sessions this weekend, but when it mattered, the Australian put in the best lap of everyone and took pole. With the broadest of smiles, he topped Red Bull team mate Verstappen to secure a Red Bull front row for Sunday's Mexican Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton was third fastest, ahead of championship rival Vettel. Qualifying kicked off with teams looking at one another to see how they'd use their tyres. Both Mercedes were out on track early, surprisingly on ultra softs, whereas all others opted to run Q1 with the softest, hyper soft compound. Halfway into the session, Vettel and Raikkonen had taken over the top of the timing sheet at a...
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