News Details

Virtual Safety Car goes against Ricciardo in Austin

United States Grand Prix – Daniel Ricciardo feels the Virtual Safety Car cost him second place in Austin. The Australian was running second ahead of Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg for the first half of the race, but when team mate Max Verstappen retired from the race the Virtual Safety Car was deployed. This allowed rival Rosberg to pit without losing as much time to Ricciardo, putting the German driver ahead. Despite an effort to retake the position, Ricciardo followed him to the chequered flag in third. “In the beginning of the race the supersoft tyres helped me but the actual start I felt wasn’t really that much better than the Mercedes,” he said. “Then I saw Nico going to the...
Full Story »
9y ago from FormulaSpy.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Ricciardo expected 'good fight' with Rosberg

– Daniel Ricciardo was left to rue what might have been after a...
9y ago from GPUpdate.net

Ricciardo feels VSC cost him chance of second

Daniel Ricciardo says the Virtual Safety Car cost him a potential second...
9y ago from GrandPrixTimes.com

US GP: Hamilton dominates as Red Bull trips up

Lewis Hamilton dominated the United States GP in Austin, but didn’t gain...
9y ago from Motorsport.com

Lewis Hamilton claims fifth United States Grand Prix...

Lewis Hamilton did all he could to close the gap to championship...
9y ago from GrandPrixTimes.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Jorge Lorenzo slams Yamaha riders including Fabio...

Five-time MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo slams Yamaha riders, particularly...
21h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Mick Schumacher’s IndyCar debut returns him to the...

Mick Schumacher began his IndyCar career this past weekend, competing in...

Watch: Mick Schumacher taken out on opening lap of...

Fans of Mick Schumacher could switch off early after his IndyCar debut at...

Gallery: IndyCar kicks off 2026 season at St. Pete

Motorsport Week has exclusive images from the IndyCar curtain-raiser in...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Leaning into Rice and Zubimendi for Brighton trip

Morning. It's another tough one this evening as we visit Brighton, and the...
12m ago from Arseblog.com

Report: Arsenal and Man United join the race to sign...

Hertha Berlin midfielder Kennet Eichhorn has been linked with a move away...
12h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arteta wants 6ft 3in giant who tormented Arsenal in...

Arsenal are interested in signing the Inter Milan striker Pio Esposito at...
13h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.