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Daniel RICCIARDO with an EPIC reaction to the SENTENCE imposed

Renault driver Daniel Ricciardo managed to finish fifth despite a penalty at the Russian Grand Prix. What was interesting was his reaction to the punishment itself.

"Okay, then I'll just drive faster," is Daniel Ricciardo reacted completely coldly to the news of five-second penalty, which hit him because he was in the second turn in an attempt to overtake his teammate Esteban Ocon, drove off the ideal line and left the racetrack.

"You have a chance to overtake Vettl" in the fifteenth lap, after he came out of the pits, his racing engineer informed him by radio. After the first stop in the 15th round, he did Ricciardo gradually approaching the twin Ocon-Vettel, and in the 20th round he had already caught up with the Frenchman, who got stuck for Ferrari.

After five rounds for Oconom is the leadership of the team Renault became somewhat impatient and issued a team order that the Frenchman must let go of the Australian. In the 25th round, therefore, he is in the second turn Or with slowed down to let a teammate pass, but it all got complicated.

“My bikes blocked and I came off the race line. I immediately thought that I might get a penalty for that, ” he said after the race Ricciardo. Therefore, the Australian took the mistake entirely on himself. "When Karel Loos, my racing engineer, informed me of the penalty, I already had it accepted in my head."

He finally made his way past Vettel and climbed to fifth place. At the end of the race, five seconds were added to the final result, which did not affect his final ranking, as he had before Charles Leclerc 14 seconds advantage.

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