Damon Hill thinks Daniel Ricciardo’s strong showing at Austin may have stemmed from the driver’s love of all things American. The McLaren racer has experienced a strange first season with his team, a magnificent victory at Monza standing out as brightly as his papaya-liveried car among a glut of largely mediocre results. But as the Italian Grand Prix highlighted, there has been progress since the summer break as Ricciardo gets more used to the MCL35M – and that was certainly in evidence again at the United States Grand Prix. Ricciardo outperformed his team-mate Lando Norris in both qualifying and the race, starting sixth and finishing fifth to give McLaren a boost in their battle...
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