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Webber tips Ricciardo for title challenge

– Mark Webber has tipped fellow Australian Daniel Ricciardo to challenge for the championship in 2017, as Mercedes' driver line-up changes and Formula 1 enters a new era.Ricciardo took one victory and seven further podiums en route to third in the 2016 standings, finishing as the 'best of the rest' behind Mercedes pair Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton.Mercedes, however, has been forced to find a new driver, following Rosberg's shock retirement, while new regulations, focused on revised aerodynamics and wider tyres, arrive.Webber reckons Ricciardo has shown enough to take the next step."Daniel was probably the most consistent driver in the field [in 2016] and he's absolutely world...
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