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Tech analysis: Verstappen and Ricciardo diverge on monkey seats

Formula 1 drivers have been struggling to get a good balance on the tricky Mexico surface this weekend - and that has prompted an interesting choice by Daniel Ricciardo to add more downforce to his car. Both the Australian and his teammate Max Verstappen had run without the monkey seat on Friday, on a day when they both had a hard time extracting single lap pace from their car. While Verstappen elected to continue with the same configuration at the back, Ricciardo opted to add the monkey seat from final free practice in a bid to add a little bit more downforce and help with his balance. When asked by Motorsport.com about the decision, Ricciardo said: "We put it on overnight to try to...
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