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Ricciardo: I lost out by hitting the wall of champions

Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo said he was worrying about losing his wheels when he gave the ‘wall of champions’ a “pretty big kiss” during Saturday’s top-ten qualifying shootout for the Canadian Grand Prix. The 26-year-old Australian said he felt his Red Bull touching the wall as he exited the final chicane and recalled the similar incident that resulted in a crash and elimination for Spaniard Carlos Sainz. Ricciardo clipped the wall with both his front and rear wheels, just as Sainz had in his Toro Rosso, but he survived without serious damage and qualified fourth. “It felt like a pretty big kiss actually!” said Ricciardo. “As soon as I hit it, I thought about what...
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