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Ricciardo happy with first day but surprised by Mercedes' pace
Daniel Ricciardo qualified his opening day of free practice at Paul Ricard as "productive", but fears Red Bull could be left chasing a very fast Mercedes squad in France. Ricciardo and team mate Max Verstappen clocked in second and third in Friday's afternoon session, the Aussie finishing 0.704s adrift from Lewis Hamilton, the man at the top of the time sheet yesterday. Ricciardo felt his day of running had gone pretty much according to plan, but a glance at Hamilton's pace instilled a sense of wariness and the belief that hard work remained ahead. "I thought we were relatively fast, but then we saw the time of Lewis and the long runs were a bit more up and down," he...
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