Daniel Ricciardo admits he was compromised by “race rust” when he made his return to competition in Saturday’s Formula 1 sprint at the Circuit of the Americas.
The Australian qualified his AlphaTauri an encouraging 11th for his first event since he injured his hand in a practice crash at the Dutch GP, and he eventually started 10th after George Russell was penalised. However, he was shuffled down two places at the start and remained in 12th place for the duration. 'I would say there were definitely some pros and cons,” he said when asked by Motorsport.com about his return.
“Obviously Q3 is a big target for us, and as happy as I was with my lap today we were still P11. I'm happy with the improvements I made today. 'It was just more kind of racecraft, like I put on a good move on Stroll on the outside of one, but he got me into Turn 12. I thought I had him covered, I didn't so there was like some things there I'm like, ah, I should have made it harder for him.' Ricciardo said he had no issues with his hand over the course of the 19-lap sprint.
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