Daniel Ricciardo believes it would be “naïve” to discount Ferrari and Mercedes from the fight for pole position, despite Red Bull’s Friday dominance in Mexico. Ricciardo finished second to Red Bull team-mate Max Verstappen in both practice sessions at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, as they lapped comfortably quickest. Verstappen and Ricciardo were both a second clear of third-placed Carlos Sainz Jr. in FP2, as the Ferrari and Mercedes drivers followed close behind the Spaniard. But Ricciardo says Red Bull cannot discount its rivals from the fight for top honours. “If it stays like this, then yeah, it’s between us two, but I don’t want to be...
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