Renault's Daniel Ricciardo reckons it will be a close fight this season in F1's midfield, with the Aussie expecting at least three teams to be racing "within a tenth" of each other. Pre-season testing in Barcelona offered a relative snapshot of the pecking order, with Renault, Racing Point and McLaren enjoying an edge over their midfield rivals. According to Renault's analysis of winter testing, a mere tenth of a second separated the average level of performance of the top-three midfield outfits, but Ricciardo admitted that it was "really hard" to determine who was 'best of the rest' behind F1's front-running Mercedes, Ferrari, Red Bull trio. Ricciardo: Vettel news...
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