Fernando Alonso has hailed the “amazing” job being done this year by Daniel Ricciardo.<\/p>\n
At Silverstone, Spaniard Alonso’s wheel-to-wheel duel with world champion Sebastian Vettel was littered with radio complaints about one another’s driving.<\/p>\n
But after Hockenheim, where the Ferrari driver had a similarly thrilling battle with Vettel’s new teammate Ricciardo, Alonso had nothing but praise for the Australian.<\/p>\n
Alonso hailed Ricciardo’s driving, always with “great respect to the rules and to others”.<\/p>\n
“He is a surprise and doing amazing,” the double world champion is quoted by the Spanish sports daily Marca.<\/p>\n
“I believe he is 7:3 in the first ten races against Sebastian, which is something none of us expected.<\/p>\n
“He is doing a great job, driving fantastically and, yes, fighting with intelligence,” added Alonso.<\/p>\n
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