Lance Stroll has come under heavy criticism by Helmut Marko for his “idi🅠ot” remark about Danie💙l Ricciardo.

Ricciardo was left seething by Stroll at last weekend’s F1 Chinese Grand 🍒Prix.

Aston Martin’s Stroll caused t🐭he retirement of RB’s Ricciardo by driving into the back of him during a Safet💟y Car restart.

Stroll called Ricciard💧o “an idiot” for braking hard, but stewards penalised the Aston Martin driver for the incident.

“Daniel Ricciardo was hit by Lanc𝔍e Stroll in China and unfortunately was robbed of all chances,” Red Bull’s Marko told .

“I findও it unbelievable that Lance Stroll called him an idiot after the chequered flag fellꦅ.

“And that he also had to receive a penalty for ♛Miami. This really wasn't his weekend.”

Ricciardo entered last weekend’s race in China under severe pressure to cling onto his RB drive, after his aspirations of claiming the 2025 Red Bull decreased due to his poor f🎐orm.

But an encouraging ro🍎und in Shanghai restored some faith.

“Daniel Ri💜cciardo had a new chassis available in China and the whole thing was planned from the start because it is our third chassis that we wanted to bring to the track,” Marko said.

“B𒁏ut of course this change also played into psychology after Daniel's disappointing performances on the previous weekends.

“Things went much better for Ricciardo in China.”

Ricciardo unqualified teammate Yuki Tsuno🧸da for the sprint race and the grand prix🎀 in China.

Marko assessed: “Yuki Tsunoda showed in Shanghai: If we look at another Shanghai 🅷rookie, Oscar Piastri, we see that the Australian was half a second to a full second slower than Lando Norris in the race.

“So Shanghai is certainly a track where experience counts, especially since the ne൩wcomers received even less driving time in the sprint format.

“The Racing Bulls may have made the mistake of letting Tsunoda run on hard tyres ꦏin the only free practice session, when the track offered next to no grip𓃲 and Yuki just slid around on those rollers.

“In thꦗe race, Tsunoda's lap times were at Ricciardo level. He would have had a chance to score points, but Magnussen dashed that hope.”