Daniel Ricciardo received no favours from McLaren at the British Grand Prix as he was left to rue a lack of grip, DRS failure and slow three-stop strategy.
The weekend couldn’t have gone much worse for the Australian who qualified in 14th, and finished in 13th — second-to-last out of those that finished the race, won by Carlos Sainz.
Ricciardo had been in the mix for a points finish, but suffered a DRS failure on lap 31 of 52, while he was made to pit three times instead of twice like most of his rivals.
Nonetheless, Ricciardo said the performance simply wasn’t there on his side of the garage, compared to the other where Lando Norris had no issues and finished sixth.
“The car just didn’t really seem to operate at the same level of grip as the others,” Ricciardo said after the race. “I could just feel it through the tyres as well, trying to carry speed.
“It was just a bit odd, so we have a bit of investigating to do.”
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Speaking of the DRS issue, he added: “Obviously, it’s tough to overtake with that as well – but simply we weren’t really quick enough anyway today. It was a bit of a lonely afternoon.”
Team principal Andreas Seidl tiptoed around Ricciardo’s performance when making his own post-race comments, refusing to blame the car outside of the DRS issue and pointing to the speed of Norris.
“For us, the positive we take away is that we had a more competitive car this weekend and we’re back in the points after two difficult races,” Seidl said.
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“Lando looked competitive all day but unfortunately lost out to Fernando in the final pit-stop, behind the Safety Car.
“Daniel’s weekend didn’t go to plan, which will need careful analysis over the next few days. He wasn’t in a position to deliver competitive lap times yesterday and today.”
The season now heads this weekend to Austria, where McLaren was strong last year with Norris finishing third and Ricciardo seventh.
Daniel Ricciardo received no favours from McLaren at the British Grand Prix as he was left to rue a lack of grip, DRS failure and slow three-stop strategy.
The weekend couldn’t have gone much worse for the Australian who qualified in 14th, and finished in 13th — second-to-last out of those that finished the race, won by Carlos Sainz.
Ricciardo had been in the mix for a points finish, but suffered a DRS failure on lap 31 of 52, while he was made to pit three times instead of twice like most of his rivals.
Nonetheless, Ricciardo said the performance simply wasn’t there on his side of the garage, compared to the other where Lando Norris had no issues and finished sixth.
“The car just didn’t really seem to operate at the same level of grip as the others,” Ricciardo said after the race. “I could just feel it through the tyres as well, trying to carry speed.
“It was just a bit odd, so we have a bit of investigating to do.”
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Speaking of the DRS issue, he added: “Obviously, it’s tough to overtake with that as well – but simply we weren’t really quick enough anyway today. It was a bit of a lonely afternoon.”
Team principal Andreas Seidl tiptoed around Ricciardo’s performance when making his own post-race comments, refusing to blame the car outside of the DRS issue and pointing to the speed of Norris.
“For us, the positive we take away is that we had a more competitive car this weekend and we’re back in the points after two difficult races,” Seidl said.
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“Lando looked competitive all day but unfortunately lost out to Fernando in the final pit-stop, behind the Safety Car.
“Daniel’s weekend didn’t go to plan, which will need careful analysis over the next few days. He wasn’t in a position to deliver competitive lap times yesterday and today.”
The season now heads this weekend to Austria, where McLaren was strong last year with Norris finishing third and Ricciardo seventh.
