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RB team principal Laurent Mekies: "Given this may have been Daniel’s last race, we wanted to give him the chance to savour it and go out with the fastest lap." (www.visacashapprb.com)

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Official line from RB team principal Laurent Mekies in the post-race press release:

"Given this may have been Daniel’s last race, we wanted to give him the chance to savour it and go out with the fastest lap."

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[–] Worx@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 2 months ago

It's gotta be more fun to thrash an F1 car around the track with new tires than to go at a sensible pace with 30 lap old tires. I know what I'd prefer for my potential last couple of laps if I were in that situation