Daniel Ricciardo reported a weird lack of grip which prevented him progressing past the primary spherical in qualifying for the Miami Grand Prix.
The RB driver believes the sudden change in efficiency was the identical as that Lando Norris skilled within the last spherical of qualifying for the dash race on Friday.
Ricciardo’s Q1 elimination got here as a blow after he completed a powerful fourth within the dash race earlier on Saturday. “It’s a kind of issues, the game can change so rapidly,” he informed the official F1 channel.
“Truthfully, I noticed Lando’s lap in Q3 yesterday the place immediately from the beginning of the lap you’ll be able to see he was sliding his rears in every single place on the mushy, he clearly struggled loads,” stated Ricciardo. “I actually felt the identical.
“Already on that final set, popping out of flip one, I began sliding. I had a wobble into seven then went huge and it was a spiral impact.
“However what was unusual is it began already firstly of the lap. So it’s a kind of issues with this sport the place it treats you good till it doesn’t.
“We’ll look into it, however every little thing appeared fantastic approaching the lap. So, it’s a kind of issues, we simply merely didn’t have the grip on that second set. So simple as that.”
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Ricciardo’s crew mate Yuki Tsunoda reached Q3 and can begin from tenth on the grid. Ricciardo began the dash race from fourth.
“I actually, genuinely assume we’re not an 18th-place automotive,” stated Ricciardo. “Hopefully we perceive why generally the tyres behave as they do.
“I chatted slightly bit to Lando yesterday, we didn’t go into element, however I simply stated ‘it regarded such as you had been on used arduous tyres in your Q3 run’ It was as clear as day how dangerous it regarded.
“So hopefully we are able to possibly get a solution on that. However we’re faster than clearly what we present, we’ll simply see what tomorrow brings.”
The RB driver picked up a three-place grid penalty on the earlier spherical which can put him at a fair larger drawback for the grand prix.
“We now have the penalty so I feel we’re useless final,” he stated. “So a distinction to this morning.
“Clearly I’m not completely satisfied. However it’s additionally a kind of issues. This morning, that’s why it’s necessary I informed the crew, let’s at the very least get pleasure from this for the following half-hour, as a result of this sport is, extremely unpredictable.”
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