Daniel Ricciardo began the Hungarian Grand Prix inside the highest ten.
Nonetheless, the veteran Components 1 driver didn’t end there.
Ricciardo started the race on the medium compound and pitted early, coming into the pits on Lap 8 to make the change to the arduous tire. Nonetheless, that early pit cease noticed Ricciardo emerge amid heavy site visitors, and he confronted an uphill struggle from there to attempt to get well place on the monitor.
Ricciardo gained a number of spots on his second pit cease, however in the end completed exterior the factors, settling for a P12.
That “lengthy and irritating” afternoon left the Australian driver in search of solutions after the race.
“Right this moment it was a protracted and irritating race,” stated Ricciardo within the staff’s post-race report. “We didn’t use the tempo we had within the clear air. We have been on the mediums at first of the race and after only some laps we pitted for brand new hards along with the opposite vehicles who began on softs, popping out in site visitors. It’s much more irritating as a result of we have been fast all weekend, and I felt like we have now taken ourselves out of the race so early as we couldn’t struggle vehicles that have been coming a lot faster on newer [tires].”
VCARB Workforce Principal Laurent Mekies conceded that the staff “obtained it mistaken” with Ricciardo on Sunday.
“Sadly, we obtained it mistaken with Daniel and pitted him too early in heavy site visitors, which misplaced him an opportunity to struggle for factors. His tempo had been extraordinarily robust all weekend lengthy, and he demonstrated that once more within the last stint of the race when he was lastly capable of finding some free air and struggle his method again,” defined Mekies. “We actually share his frustration, and we are going to study and are available again stronger subsequent week.”
Nonetheless, not all was misplaced for the staff, as Yuki Tsunoda battled via the bruising he suffered in his shunt in qualifying on Saturday to complete up in P9, banking two doubtlessly essential factors for the staff of their struggle with Haas for sixth within the Components 1 Constructors’ Championship.
Tsunoda praised the complete staff for placing his RB01 in place to complete within the factors on Sunday after his massive accident on Saturday.
“To start with, large due to the mechanics and staff who spent the night time and this morning repairing my automobile in time for the race. It wasn’t simple after such a giant crash and we needed to change lots of issues, however due to their arduous work we have been in a position to rating the factors at present – large credit score to the entire staff,” stated Tsunoda. “I’m very relieved I used to be in a position to make up for it after yesterday’s crash and notably pleased with my [tire] administration. I feel it was a giant race for us, particularly as we have been in a position to end forward of our rivals, and it’s an enormous optimistic for the approaching races.”
Tsunoda’s two factors imply VCARB now has a six-point lead over Haas, because the grid heads to Belgium for subsequent weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix, the final race earlier than F1’s summer time shutdown.
