Daniel Ricciardo has made clear that drivers who fail to respect the gentleman's agreement that governs qualifying in F1 should "expect a bit of shit" to come their way at some point. In qualifying, drivers are incited to respect the running order on an out-lap when warming up for a flyer, but the theoretical gentleman's agreement has been to subject of some abuse lately. In Austria last weekend, Alpine's Fernando Alonso found himself on the receiving end of a messy situation at the end of Q2, when his flyer was ruined at the final corner by a slow-moving Sebastian Vettel who was himself in a train of cars waiting to make a final run. In his defense, Vettel argued that several...
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