Daniel Ricciardo started the final lap of last year's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix title showdown right on the tail of Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen. What followed was one of the most dramatic moments in Formula One history, but Ricciardo, long regarded as one of F1's most talented drivers, wasn't part of it. He was a lap down, a spectator, later explaining how he had mixed emotions watching what unfolded on the final lap. It would have been difficult to imagine Ricciardo not being the third part of that kind of championship scenario just a few years ago. His move away from Red Bull in 2019 is one of the great 'what ifs' of modern F1. That move was a key part of the first season of F1's wildly...
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