‘Angry’ Daniel Ricciardo gets belated RB apology after slamming Hungarian GP strategy

Daniel Ricciardo was not comfortable after ending twelfth on the Hungarian Grand Prix, slamming his personal RB staff’s technique which noticed him change tyres after solely eight laps

Daniel Ricciardo has obtained an apology from his RB staff after hitting out at their technique through the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Ricciardo completed twelfth after shedding floor when he switched to medium tyres after simply eight laps. The 35-year-old was not proud of the transfer and had a tense trade with engineer Pierre Hamelin over the staff radio, admitting he was “making an attempt to chew my tongue” in regards to the resolution.

And Ricciardo fumed after the race on the lack of a right away apology for the error, which he branded “one of many worst ones I’ve had in 250 races”. The Australian mentioned: “You do not wish to pull into the pits.

“You get the decision and you recognize this is not the factor to do. We come out in visitors, and it is a DRS prepare, and for what? That was one of many worst ones I’ve had in 250 races. We did a race at the moment however we did not do a race, if you recognize what I imply.

“We have been simply driving round. Truthfully, I used to be anticipating extra. On the in-lap I used to be ready for ‘Sorry, we f***ed up’, and I did not get it. That made me much more offended.”

And staff principal Laurent Mekies has since admitted the early pit cease was a mistake, stating: “Sadly, we acquired it unsuitable with Daniel and pitted him too early in heavy visitors, which misplaced him an opportunity to combat for factors.

“His tempo had been extraordinarily robust all weekend lengthy, and he demonstrated that once more within the ultimate stint of the race when he was lastly capable of finding some free air and combat his approach again. We definitely share his frustration, and we’ll study and are available again stronger subsequent week.

“Now we transfer on to Spa, a really totally different problem to the Hungaroring. We go there with the positives of our robust weekend right here and can push very exhausting to get our automobile to work as greatest it may possibly at this quick and flowing monitor.”

Head of auto efficiency Guillaume Dezoteux added: “Some automobiles began to pit early, and we reacted with Daniel, which put him in heavy visitors and didn’t permit him to make use of his tempo. Anticipating his second cease allowed us to achieve a couple of positions again and Daniel may present good lap instances, but it surely wasn’t sufficient to finish up within the factors for him and he completed P12.”

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