Having played-down expectations all throughout the preseason, Daniel Ricciardo put Renault back in the spotlight with the second-fastest time of testing on Friday morning in Barcelona. Topping the timesheets with a fastest lap of 1:16.276, Ricciardo's effort on the C5 tyre was only slower than Valtteri Bottas' 1:15.732, set last week at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. A midfield runner in 2019 who have openly admitted their focus is on 2021, Renault's was an undoubted surprise, but might have been assisted by Ferrari and Mercedes holding something back. Indeed, Charles Leclerc was only 0.084 seconds back, while Lewis Hamilton was 0.134s behind the Australian as the two championship...
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