Ricciardo astonished: "The tires were completely dead two laps later"

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12:23, 16 Nov 2020

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The opening lap of the Turkish Grand Prix, was one to forget for Renault as Daniel Ricciardo caused his teammate, Esteban Ocon to spin, leaving them with an uphill task for the rest of the race.

"I had the Mercedes on the inside, there was nothing I could do. I'm sorry," the Australian apologised via the onboard radio to his team. On Motorsport-Total.com Ricciardo continued: "We knew it was going to be a wild race. You can take advantage of that, but for us it was soon over. I've looked at the repetition a couple of times now to make sure there was nothing else I could have done to prevent it."

Ricciardo had nowhere to go

The qualification of the driver from Perth was promising with a fifth-place behind the Red Bulls and Racing Points, but unfortunately, he was not able to exploit this ideal starting position optimally. "Esteban set up well from the outside and Lewis was on the inside. So I was a bit stuck, which was a pity."

In the end Ricciardo finished the Turkish GP at Istanbul Park in tenth place. "We didn't have a constant pace in the race, that was the biggest problem. When my racing engineer told me I was the fastest man on the track, the tires were completely dead two laps later."

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	72
2	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	63
3	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	49
4	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	41
5	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	25
6	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	21
7	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	17
8	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	15
9	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	12
10	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	10
11	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	4
12	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	4
13	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	2
14	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	2
15	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	1
16	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	1
17	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
18	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	0
19	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
20	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
21	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	0
22	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0

Ricciardo astonished: "The tires were completely dead two laps later"

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