It’s these toils that explain the desire Ricciardo felt to go for that fastest lap at the end of the race on Sunday. The fastest final-lap time was Ricciardo’s way of making sure people understood what was going on. “It was to remind people that I haven’t forgotten (how to do it),” Ricciardo says. Ricciardo had a disappointing time at the final race of the first part of the season in Hungary, and straight after getting out of the car sat alone with his thoughts for some time. If Ricciardo had a long wait since his last win, it was nothing compared to that of his team.

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