Daniel Ricciardo’s disappointing Formula One season continued with another race to forget the Canadian Grand Prix.
After showing promising signs last weekend, Daniel Ricciardo returned to earth with a race to forget the Canadian Grand Prix on Monday morning (AEST).
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen survived a pit stop and an exciting battle with Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz to secure his fifth victory in six races and extend his lead in the drivers’ championship to 46 points.
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Ricciardo started ninth on the grid and settled in the middle of the field after a mini-victory in the standings, making the Q3 and finishing ahead of his McLaren teammate Norris for the second time this time. season.
But everything went wrong from there, as a slow moat left him out of contention.
To rub salt on the wound, Ricciardo was 10th, but was overtaken by Lance Stroll of Aston Martin in the final stages of the race, which meant he missed a prized world championship spot.
Neither McLaren driver achieved a championship point.
The Australian finished 11th and can be comforted to be ahead of Norris, who finished 15th after McLaren pulled out the wrong tires for his pit stop in a failed attempt at a double-stacking strategy.
It was another puzzling race for Ricciardo and Sky Sports host Simon Lazenby said he “never took part”.
Pit-lane commentator Ted Kravitz described the pit-lane error when Ricciardo fell from ninth to 12th as “a disastrously slow stop.”
“McLaren had an unusually bad day for them,” he said.
“No points were scored. Norris is 15th and has little power because he had to switch to an old engine.
“This was not a good day for McLaren.”
Ricciardo said after the race: “It wasn’t a well-polished race.”
The F1 season resumes at the British Grand Prix in a fortnight.
Results of the Canadian Grand Prix
1. Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
2. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)
3. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
4. George Russell (Mercedes)
5. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
6. Esteban Ocon (Alpine)
7. Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo)
8. Zhou Guanyu (Alfa Romeo)
9. Fernando Alonso (Alpine)
10. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)
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