It was a long race day in Jeddah for Daniel Ricciardo, but one that ended to the satisfaction of the McLaren driver who renewed with a top ten finish for the first time since Austin. On Saturday, Ricciardo felt he had missed out on a good qualifying performance, and the Aussie vowed to move up the order on Sunday. And the Honey Badger was on a charge from the outset, moving up to fifth after ten laps and by the start of the first caution period. Ricciardo then swiftly negotiated the two post-red flag restarts to push up to fourth. The McLaren driver held his own just outside the top-three for over twenty laps but succumbed to a pressing Valtteri Bottas with ten laps to go. ©McLaren...
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