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2014.06.canada
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ricciardo’s big day
CONTENTS
FIRST WORD
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It’s always Ricciardo s There are broadest gr Sure Merce their rivals was Daniel It has been comforts to Marko and p 3 - before b followed by to progress Sebastian V Since then D teammate, a Silver Arrow At the age the first of m
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Ricciardo joins elite club
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this is ridiculous!
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out of the shadows
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united in praise
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montreal qualifying
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montreal free practice
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big picture
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final frame
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IRST WORD
great when Formula 1 heralds a new winner, and in Canada Daniel scores his first grand prix victory. few race drivers as popular as the young Australian who boasts the rin in sport and in Montreal his perma-smile was bigger than ever. edes imploded on the day, but then one could say that pressure from forced them to push the envelope too far, and in the wings to capitalise and Red Bull. n a riveting journey to the top for the Aussie who departed his home o make the pilgrimmage to Europe. He was spotted by Red Bull’s Helmut progressed through the ranks - Formula BMW, Formula Renault, Formula breaking into Formula 1 with HRT in 2011 funded by Red Bull. That was y two years at Toro Rosso where he got the nod over Jean Eric Vergne s to Red Bull, replacing fellow countryman Mark Webber, and partnering Vettel. Daniel has been flawless, out gunning his four times world champion and in the woefully underpowered RB10 has led the chase of the dominant ws. of 24 you get the ffeling that Daniel’s first grand prix victory is emerely many... and it could not happen to a nicer bloke.
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Formula 1 world championship Round 7, canada GRAND PRIX circuit gilles villeneuve, montreal 8 may 2014
ricciardo joins elite club 1 Daniel Ricciardo
Red Bull
2 Nico Rosberg
Mercedes
3 Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull
4 Jenson Button
McLaren
5 Nico Hulkenberg
Force India
6 Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
7 Valtteri Bottas
Williams
8 Jean-Eric Vergne
Toro Rosso
9 Kevin Magnussen
McLaren
10 Kimi RäikkÜnen
Ferrari
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race report
“I’m still in a bit of shock!”
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ed Bull Racing’s Daniel Ricciardo took his maiden Formula One victory in at the Canadian Grand after power unit problems forced Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg to settle to second after team-mate Lewis Hamilton was forced to retire with brake problems after 46 laps. Sebastian Vettel finished third after passing Force India’s Sergio Perez, who also struggled with brake issues, two laps from the flag. However, the race ended under the safety car following a high-speed crash involving Perez
and Felipe Massa on the At the start, Rosberg h challenge from Hamilton Hamilton made a move i tussle allowed Vettel to second. Behind them W held fourth ahead of Ma sixth. Fernando Alonso, back, surrendering sev Vergne. Kimi Raikkonen passing Jenson Button f At the back, though, th
e penultimate lap. held off a strong n, holding his line as into turn one. The sneak through into Williams’ Valtteri Bottas assa, with Ricciardo meanwhile, dropped venth place to Jean-Eric n, too, made up a place, for ninth. here was a collision.
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Just after the start Max Chilton lost control into Turn 4 and collided with team-mate Jules Bianchi and pitched the Frenchman into the barriers. Chilton, too, spun out as a result. It was the first time Chilton had failed to finish in Formula One. The double DNF was a bitter pill for Marussia after the team took its first points in Monaco two weeks ago. When the action resumed the leaders all held position but Button lost out again, Sergio Perez passing the McLaren driver into the chicane to slot into the final points position.
race report At the front, Hamilton made his move on second-placed Vettel at the end of lap nine, passing the Red Bull under DRS into the final chicane. The move left the Mercedes driver 1.7s adrift of his team-mate. Ricciardo was the first to make a scheduled stop at the end of lap 13. The Australian swapped his starting supersoft tyres for soft rubber. The stop saw Ricciardo re-emerge in 14th place. Bottas responded, pitting on the next tour from fourth place. He re-emerged just in front of Ricciardo. The next lap saw Vettel, Vergne and Massa all making their way to pit lane for soft tyres. Massa’s stop, however, was problematic. A delay with the front left wheel saw the Brazilian lose out badly and he was jumped on track by both Ricciardo and Vergne. Leader Rosberg stopped on lap 18, shedding his supersofts for soft tyres. Hamilton pushed hard to make up time and that forced Rosberg to be similarly committed. The German’s enthusiasm was almost very costly as he took too much kerb just after leaving the pits and almost hit the wall. Hamilton pitted the next time around but his in-laps hadn’t clawed back enough time to pass his team-mate and Rosberg held his lead comfortably.