Daniel Ricciardo: "I don’t think it would be right to race without all ten teams"

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11:50, 06 Mar 2020

Daniel Ricciardo believes that the Australian Grand Prix shouldn't go ahead unless all of the teams and drivers are present. There have been widespread fears over the Coronavirus and it is still uncertain as to what is going to happen.

“The race can’t go ahead without a full grid. I don’t think it would be right to race without all ten teams and all 20 drivers," Ricciardo told the Sydney Morning Herald.

“If, say, Ferrari and Alpha Tauri couldn’t compete and we went ahead, it wouldn’t be fair on them. It’s not like they’d been disqualified from racing for, say, a technical infringement. It just wouldn’t be right.

“Winning a race like that... it’s not the way any of us would want to win. Say there was a reason why Ferrari, Mercedes and Red Bull weren’t coming and then I won in Melbourne… it would be a shallow victory and it wouldn’t mean anything.”

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	224
2	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	171
3	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	168
4	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	145
5	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	134
6	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	112
7	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	96
8	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	68
9	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	43
10	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	43
11	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	23
12	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	19
13	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
14	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	10
15	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
16	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	5
17	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	3
18	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	2
19	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	1
20	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0
21	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
22	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
23	Yuki Tsunoda Yuki Tsunoda	Racing BullsRCB	0

Daniel Ricciardo: "I don’t think it would be right to race without all ten teams"

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