Daniel Ricciardo’s verdict on first-lap DNF with Alex Albon at F1 Japanese GP
“To be honest, at that point, I didn’t see Alex Albon," admi𓂃ts Daniel Ricciardo at Suzuka
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Daniel Ricciardo admitted that he did not see 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Albon before their crash at the F1 Japanese Grand Prix.
RB driver Ricciardo and Williams’ Albon both saw their races cut abruptly sho꧑rt on th🐠e first lap at Suzuka.
Albon’s a🅷ttempt to overtake Ricciardo resulted in𒁃 a collision which brought out the red flag and the Safety Car.
“Firstly, I felt it was very m﷽uch under a racing inc💫ident scenario,” Ricciardo reacted to Sky.
“Si🦋mply, we - Yuki and myself - struggled on the medium. I could see that he got away poorlyꦰ.
“I got a bit of a jump, then went poorly.
“All the cars around us ate us up.
“In Tur💟n 2, I felt that it started to settle. Getting traction out of Turn ಞ2, I struggled a lot.
“I could see an Asto꧑n. I saw Stroll on the 💜outside. I was trying to hold him off.
“I saw Alex’s onboard and he got so much better drive out of Turn 2. H✤e then got onto my right side.
“To be honest, at that point, I didn’t see Alex.
“Everyone got bottled up at Turn 3.
“Not the way you want Sunday to go.
“In hindsight, we should havꦯe put on a soft. But coming into the race, we thought [mediums] were the best thing.
“That’s what happened.”
The unfortunate collision repre⛎sented the latest downbeat moment in a very diffic📖ult season so far for Ricciardo.
He entered 2024 buoyantly hoping to earn nex💟t year’s Red💜 Bull seat but, after four rounds, might even be battling to retain his current drive.
His best result of a drab campaign was 12th in Australia, his home race, which he entered under a cloud of scrutiny about his future in th✃e sport.
Ricciardo (and Albon) are among seven drivers without a point after the fourth round of the 2024𝓰 F1﷽ season.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American😼 sports, to football, to F1.
