Renault have stepped it up in recent races, the fruits of their graft rewarded with fifth-place on the grid for the 2020 Russian Grand Prix thanks to the efforts of Daniel Ricciardo on the day. All four of the Renault powered cars were in the top eight at the end of the dramatic qualifying in Sochi on Saturday, less than half a second separating the quartet on the final timesheets, with Dan top of the heap with a best lap time of 1:32.364. The Australian said in the team report, “Overall, I’m happy with fifth position for tomorrow. I knew we weren’t in contention for pole position, but after the Q2 lap it felt like third or fourth was in reach. 'That lap in Q2 was perfect, so I knew...
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