'I’ll take a bit more responsibility, but I can’t say it’s 100% my fault.' MexicoGP F1
Daniel Ricciardo was slapped with a 10-second penalty for causing a collision with Yuki Tsunoda in Mexico City, but this did not stop him from putting in a fan-voted Driver of the Day performance on Sunday.
The McLaren driver was much faster than those around him as he gambled on strategy to move onto soft tyres for his final stint, and was looking to carve his way through the field and into the points. He diced with AlphaTauri driver Tsunoda through the first sector, but a lunge into Turn 6 saw him not quite alongside his opponent – Tsunoda turning in as normal to take the apex and the two clipped wheels.
The Japanese driver asked “what the **** is he doing?” on team radio in the aftermath of the incident, which forced him to retire from the race.seventh-placed Ricciardo accepts that responsibility for the crash was mainly hisSpeaking to Sky Sports F1 about his race, Ricciardo said: “I’m very happy but it still wasn’t straightforward. I mean, like I obviously I still got a 10-second penalty so I’m a little mixed about it.
“Like, of course you never want contact to a point where the other guy goes off but I just saw a replay just before I did the media and I don’t feel as bad about it now – [but] of course I still wish it didn’t happen.