Daniel Ricciardo admits relief at ‘needed’ points finish in Canada as he explains jump start drama

“A few reasons… It was weird, because I got told I had a five-second penalty for a jump start, but I know I didn’t jump the lights, so I was a bit confused.

“I obviously questioned it but then I remember… I feel like when I was finding the revs for the start, I felt like – and I’m watching the lights – maybe the car was moving. Perhaps the clutch or something.

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“That obviously was a little bit of a back step and then when we pitted for an intermediate, we lost a few positions to the cars that stayed out, and then we weren’t really able to get much out of that new inter.

“The race was kind of getting away from us and then as it dried towards the end we were able to pick our way through a few cars. I’m happy to finish with four points and get that. It was never going to be perfect, these conditions are so hard to get it right for everyone.

“We’ll obviously keep trying to clean it up, but I think in general, for a race like that, we walked away with some points. All in all, a fairly good weekend from start to finish and I won’t complain – it was definitely a good one.”