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<b>SATISFIED WITH SEVENTH:</b> Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo will start the 2015 Australian GP in seventh. <i>Image: AP / Rob Griffith</i>
<b>SATISFIED WITH SEVENTH:</b> Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo will start the 2015 Australian GP in seventh. <i>Image: AP / Rob Griffith</i>

MELBOURNE, Australia - Daniel Ricciardo unleashed a blistering final lap on Saturday (March 13) to end a frustrating 24 hours with a glimmer of hope and seventh place on the starting grid for his home 2015 Australian GP.

Exasperated after everything had seemed to be going against him, the Red Bull driver saved his best for last and whipped around the Melbourne track in 1min28.329.

He was still two seconds behind double world champion Lewis Hamilton, who snatched pole position for a Mercedes team that looks to have Sunday's (March 15) race at its mercy, but relieved after fearing he might start further back.

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