Daniel Ricciardo revealed he was forced to ‘duck my head’ to avoid an airborne F1 tyre during the opening lap of Sunday’s Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
As a result of the clash between Albon and Magnussen, a loose tyre went airborne, hitting Ricciardo’s car.
Speaking after the race, Ricciardo recalled the incident where he was forced to take action to avoid the “frisbee” tyre.“I felt I was getting through it and then saw a tyre off the rim coming at me like a frisbee through the air and it started getting closer. “I remember ducking my head. I didn’t feel anything hit me, so I was happy, but I checked my mirrors and saw my rear wing was pretty much off, so I assumed the tyre hit the wing, and that was frustrating. But looking back, it is nice it did not hit me.”As AlphaTauri were forced to repair his car during the subsequent red flag period, Ricciardo was forced to start the race from the pit lane and thus a lap behind the rest of the pack.
“The team did a great job fixing the car so we were ready to go and then I was told I would start a lap behind. All the excitement to race again gets zapped out of you. “Common sense should be used and we should not have been a lap down because there was not one lap of green-flag racing. It is frustrating that they ruined our day from the beginning.”
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