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Red Bull faces Suzuka downforce dilemma - Ricciardo

Red Bull faces a downforce settings dilemma for the Japanese Grand Prix, reckons Daniel Ricciardo. A winner on merit with Max Verstappen a week ago at Sepang, Red Bull was in the mix with Ferrari and Mercedes again in Friday morning's dry practice session at Suzuka. But Ricciardo, who was third-fastest and 0.375 seconds off Sebastian Vettel's pacesetting Ferrari, believes that speed is potentially being achieved with too much downforce. Red Bull already struggles for straight-line performance in qualifying because Renault cannot turn its engine performance up as much as Mercedes and Ferrari on Saturdays, and running too much downforce would also leave Red Bull vulnerable to being...
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