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Ricciardo refused to be no.2 to Verstappen – Hill

1996 world champion Damon Hill has backed Daniel Ricciardo's Red Bull exit. Ricciardo's Australian countryman Mark Webber said Ricciardo deciding to join Renault for 2019 was 'weird', but Hill says it actually reflects a deep desire to succeed. 'He always has a massive grin on but deep down there is a burning desire to win and he knows that his clock is running,' he told The Age. 'He is 29 years old and, if you like, he might have felt the emphasis, the backing, has all gone to the younger guy in Max Verstappen — and he is not having it,' Hill added. 'I think he is thinking ‘I am not going to be parked up and I have one more chance at it'. You have got to keep putting yourself...
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