Renault’s drivers say their R.S.19 is more competitive than practice pace suggested at Suzuka, but risk starting from row nine in the event of qualifying being cancelled. Second practice results could be used to set the grid in the event of the rescheduled Sunday morning qualifying session not taking place. Daniel Ricciardo mustered only 17th while Nico Hulkenberg was 18th, the pair faster only than the Williams drivers. “We expected to be further up,” said Ricciardo. “We have a car to be further up but we got a little bit out of sync at the end, trying to get the laps in when others were on their long runs. We got caught up in a bit of it. “The morning was...
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