Daniel Ricciardo began the Hungarian Grand Prix inside the highest ten.
Nevertheless, the veteran System 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 onerous tire. Nevertheless, that early pit cease noticed Ricciardo emerge amid heavy site visitors, and he confronted an uphill struggle from there to attempt to get better place on the monitor.
Ricciardo gained just a few 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 on the lookout for solutions after the race.
“At present it was an extended and irritating race,” stated Ricciardo within the workforce’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 just a few 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’ve 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 workforce “obtained it fallacious” with Ricciardo on Sunday.
“Sadly, we obtained it fallacious 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 sturdy 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 definitely share his frustration, and we are going to study and are available again stronger subsequent week.”
Nevertheless, not all was misplaced for the workforce, as Yuki Tsunoda battled via the bruising he suffered in his shunt in qualifying on Saturday to complete up in P9, banking two probably important factors for the workforce of their struggle with Haas for sixth within the System 1 Constructors’ Championship.
Tsunoda praised all the workforce for placing his RB01 in place to complete within the factors on Sunday after his large accident on Saturday.
“Initially, big because of the mechanics and workforce who spent the night time and this morning repairing my automobile in time for the race. It wasn’t simple after such an enormous crash and we needed to change numerous issues, however due to their onerous work we have been capable of rating the factors at this time – big credit score to the entire workforce,” stated Tsunoda. “I’m very relieved I used to be capable of make up for it after yesterday’s crash and notably pleased with my [tire] administration. I believe it was an enormous race for us, particularly as we have been capable of end forward of our rivals, and it’s an enormous constructive 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 season shutdown.
