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Dan: You need to drive like grandma

Daniel Ricciardo is excited to head to Shanghai for next weekend's Chinese GP, but he says you need to be very careful on your out-lap due to the 'pretty extreme' tyre wear. Red Bull will be looking to bounce back in China from a disappointing outing in Malaysia where they were well beaten by sister team Toro Rosso. However, one area of concern for all teams is usually the short life span of the option tyres and Ricciardo explains why you need to 'drive your out-lap like your grandma'. 'It’s pretty extreme – but I’d still prefer it to the scenario with a tyre that takes three laps to come in,' he said. 'The fact it comes in straight away is awesome. In qualifying, you...
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