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Daniel Ricciardo blames practice crash on 'big' Turn 4 tailwind

Daniel Ricciardo says a 'big' tailwind in Turn 4 during first practice for the Spanish Grand Prix was to blame for his early session crash on Friday. The Red Bull driver skipped through the gravel before finding the tyre wall, causing damage to his front-wing and ending his session early. 'There were a few of us making errors for sure,' he said. 'Unfortunately mine was costly enough to miss the last hour of that session. 'Tailwind is a big one in F1. Any corners with a tailwind you lose a lot of rear grip. Into Turn 4 that was a tough one because there was a tailwind and it is a corner where you have to drive into it with the brake, so you load up the front and unload the rear....
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