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Daniel Ricciardo said he felt relief when he crossed the line ahead of Sebastian Vettel and returned to the podium with third position in Hungary.Despite a strong start, Ricciardo settled for third behind the Mercedes drivers in the opening stint. He briefly looked to have taken the initiative with an early second and final pit stop for soft tyres, though it soon became clear Mercedes had pace in hand to open the gap.?Explaining the logic behind the earlier second stop, Ricciardo said: At the time we looked quite competitive to Mercedes. I think I was closing them a few tenths a lap, and basically we thought they were struggling and tried to be aggressive and try and get close to them if they were going to pit soon too.Also, I think Seb [Vettel] wasnt too far behind but it was more about trying to fight for the win rather than defending behind us. That was pretty much that. After that they just turned up the volume unfortunately.Following that stop, Ricciardo spent the last laps holding off Ferraris Sebastian Vettel, who had fresher soft tyres on his car.In the end the fight was then with Sebastian, he got pretty close at the end, I did a long stint on those tyres. It wasnt easy, the last lap, he had DRS and in my mirrors it looked like he got quite close in Turn 1. A bit of a fight so it was a bit of a relief, actually, coming across and keeping third.Ricciardo briefly looked like he was going to have the lead coming out of Turn 1 by passing both Mercedes drivers around the outside. However, eventual winner Lewis Hamilton had good drive out of the exit on the inside and powered clear of the Red Bull, who then lost another position to Nico Rosberg at Turn 2.When asked if he could have led throughout if he had successfully passed both Silver Arrows cars, he said: I think for a part of the race, sure. There were moments where we looked competitive, compared to Mercedes. I think once the first stint settled they had a bit more pace than us.But at the start of the second stint, with the soft, we seemed really competitive but in the end it looked like Mercedes was doing what they needed to do and their pace got stronger and stronger. There were parts of the race where we thought we were but they were able to up the pace. Probably couldnt have lasted the 70 laps if Id got the lead at the start - but what if, I dont know. Willson Contreras Cubs Jersey . Deulofeu injured a muscle in his right leg in Evertons 4-1 win over Fulham in the English Premier League on Saturday. Barcelona says that its team doctors will "co-ordinate" with Evertons medical staff as Deulofeu recovers. 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He was taken to a local hospital where the clot was revealed. The club announced the surgery following a 5-3 exhibition loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets. Richmond star Dustin Martin has remained largely unaffected by speculation over his chances of winning the Brownlow Medal, according to teammate Brandon Ellis.Martins career-best form has been a key factor in the Tigers recent resurgence and has seen him touted as a genuine rival for Geelong superstar Patrick Dangerfield for this years Brownlow.Its not spoken about around the club at all, Ellis said of the hype around Martins form.Its always in the papers and you see it on social media, but he doesnt take any notice of that at all.(But) hes been in awesome form this year, hasnt he? Hes just taken his game to a new level. Hes a lot fitter than what he has been ... I think thats why hes playing the footy that hes been playing.Richmond face Port Adelaide in a must-win game at Adelaide Oval on Friday night.The Tigers and the Power are in a group off five teams sitting two games outside the eight with 6-7 win-loss records.ddddddddddddhe winner of Friday nights clash will keep their faint finals hopes alive, while the loser will fall behind the chasing pack in the run to the September.The high-stakes contest promises to be another chapter in a growing rivalry between the clubs.What they did to us in the final ... we didnt really like that, Ellis said, referring to his sides humbling elimination final loss to Port at the same venue in 2014.And weve got a lot of coaches at Richmond who played for Port Adelaide ... theres a lot of history between the two clubs. Its going to be a good contest.Theres been a bit of niggle every time weve played them, but thats footy. ' ' '