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Ricciardo recalls rooftop party after first F1 win — and an early night

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After the 2014 Canadian Grand Prix, Daniel Ricciardo said Red Bull cancelled its flights home and celebrated at the team's rooftop bar. He was among the first to go to bed, at about 1 a.m.

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Daniel Ricciardo’s first Formula 1 win sparked a rooftop-bar celebration in Montreal — but he was among the first to call it a night. The Red Bull group cancelled its flights home and drank at the hotel bar after the 2014 Canadian Grand Prix, he recalled.

Ricciardo said the adrenaline eventually wore off at about 1 a.m., when he went to bed. The next day, he heard stories and saw some of the team at breakfast looking worse for wear.

Both Mercedes drivers suffered power-unit failures, opening an unlikely route to victory for Red Bull. Ricciardo started sixth, passed team-mate Sebastian Vettel at the second round of pit stops and overtook Nico Rosberg into the final chicane on lap 68. He won by 4.236 seconds, ending Mercedes’ winning run at the start of the turbo-hybrid era.

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