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Scott Bailey

Ricciardo makes case for Red Bull drive with F1 points

Daniel Ricciardo has piled more pressure on Sergio Perez for the second Red Bull seat, after scoring his first points since returning to Formula One with seventh place at the Mexican Grand Prix.

After qualifying fourth for the Mexico City race, Ricciardo completed AlphaTauri's best result since last year's Azerbaijan Grand Prix when he came home in seventh.

Some 41 seconds off race winner Max Verstappen in the Red Bull, Ricciardo finished only 0.55 seconds behind sixth-placed George Russell in the usually much-faster Mercedes.

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