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Ricciardo pushes for wet tyre rule change
Daniel Ricciardo hopes the Formula 1 rule makers make adjustments to wet tyre allocations next season after explaining the majority of teams avoided long runs in FP2 in order to keep hold of fresh tyres for qualifying and the race. With the weather forecast predicting another day of rain for Saturday's FP3 and qualifying, only five drivers set timed laps in the wet FP2 session to effectively make it a washout at Suzuka. Ricciardo and Red Bull team-mate Max Verstappen didn’t even venture out for an out-lap in the wet – with the Australian driver explaining the squad was saving its wet tyre allocation for qualifying and the potent of a wet race. When a session is declared wet teams are...
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