Daniel Ricciardo’s nightmare Chinese language Grand Prix hit one other low after he was handed a three-place grid drop for the upcoming Miami race.
RB driver Ricciardo ended Sunday’s GP early after being crashed out by Lance Stroll and now the stewards have deemed he breached Security Automobile laws too.
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The Australian had seen the possibility of a first-points end in 2024 evaporate when his Aston Martin rival ploughed into the again of him.
Ricciardo suffered vital harm on the rear of his automobile which pressured him into an early retirement.
The 34-year-old was then known as to see the stewards post-race over a separate incident that occurred laps earlier.
Ricciardo was discovered responsible of illegally passing the Haas of Nico Hulkenberg with the pair working behind the Security Automobile – when overtakes are banned beneath these circumstances.
Ricciardo would have been handed a 10-second time penalty had he continued within the Chinese Grand Prix.
Nonetheless, resulting from his retirement, he was as a substitute slapped with a three-grid place penalty in the course of the subsequent spherical of the season in Miami.
The ordeal will undoubtedly additional enrage Ricciardo, who was on target to finish his depressing run of kind previous to Stroll’s howler.
The 2 drivers had been working ninth and tenth respectively behind on the finish of lap 26 when Canadian Stroll was caught out by the bunched-up pack approaching the hairpin following a Security Automobile restart.
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Stroll crashed into the again of Ricciardo’s automobile and initially blamed the RB man for inflicting the concertina impact that was really a results of his personal Aston Martin teammate Fernando Alonso.
The 25-year-old was given a 10-second time penalty by the FIA, however Ricciardo was nonetheless left fuming by his rival’s lack of accountability.
“Possibly in an hour, when he sees it, he would possibly take some accountability. But when he would not, I can not assist him, nor can anybody right here,” Ricciardo mentioned.
“It is so irritating. Clearly, racing incidents occur, however behind a security automobile, that ought to by no means occur.
“What made my blood boil is I watched his onboard, to simply see it from his perspective.
“And as quickly as we begin braking, you’ll be able to see his helmet flip proper and he is wanting on the apex of Flip 14, he is not even watching me. After which when he appears again, he is at the back of me.
“I do not know what he is doing, the place his head is, however all he has to do is fear about me in that scenario, and he clearly wasn’t. Let’s have a look at what he says within the media, but when he comes after me, then I will say extra…”
Ricciardo’s fury deepened when he was instructed Stroll’s radio feedback, the place the latter known as him an ‘fool’ and blamed him for the crash.
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“I would slowly began to relax, after which I used to be instructed what Lance thinks of the incident. Apparently, I am an fool, and it was my fault.
“That made my blood boil, as a result of it is clear as day and it is also behind a security automobile.
“The one factor you have to do is watch the automobile in entrance. We will not predict what the chief’s gonna do. The race would not begin till the management line.
“I am doing my greatest to not say what I need to say, however f*** that man. And I am being good, too! But when that is what he thinks…”
