News Details

Ricciardo caught out by "violent" spin

Daniel Ricciardo says the spin that denied him the chance to set a Q3 lap was "violent and aggressive" thanks to the extra grip generated by the 2017-spec Formula 1 cars. The Australian was on his first flying lap in Q3 when he lost the rear of the Red Bull at Turn 14, skidding backwards through the sand trap and nudging the barrier. The mistake cost him any chance of fighting for a spot in the top half of the top 10 at his home race, Ricciardo admitting that it was his first insight into how hard the new-spec cars can bite. "It happened quickly, I could feel rear was on the edge, it was starting to come around," he said. "I tried to catch it but it came around....
Full Story »
8y ago from Motorsport.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Ricciardo says Red Bull within half a second of...

Daniel Ricciardo reckons Red Bull is within half a second of Mercedes, and...
8y ago from Motorsport.com

Video: Daniel Ricciardo previews his home race - the...

As the 2017 Formula One season heads to Melbourne for the opening race of...
8y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Ricciardo: Max and I are not Lewis and Nico…yet

Daniel Ricciardo has said he would welcome a deteriorating relationship...
8y ago from PlanetF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Race start times for 2026 IndyCar season announced

The NTT IndyCar Series has announced the race broadcast start times for...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Gregoire Munster confirmed for WRC Monte Carlo in...

The season opener marks a return to the event where Munster claimed his...

Romet Jürgenson to compete in opening three WRC2...

The rising Estonian talent is joined by co-driver Siim Oja and start...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Lots of scope to rotate for Palace EFL Cup tie

Morning all. It's EFL Cup action tonight as we face Crystal Palace at...
41m ago from Arseblog.com

“As long as he starts, our chances of winning are...

Arsenal fans are questioning Mikel Arteta's decision to start Marin...
2d ago from SportsKeeda.com

Everton v Arsenal – live blog

Join us for live blog coverage of our Premier League game away to Everton,...
2d ago from Arseblog.com

“He’s taken my players too cheaply” - David...

Everton manager David Moyes has said that Arsenal counterpart Mikel Arteta...
2d ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.