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Daniel Ricciardo could not hide his frustration after an RB strategy call backfired in the Hungarian Grand Prix, resulting in the Australian dropping down the order and out of the points.
The race had looked to hold some promise for Ricciardo after qualifying, where he secured a grid slot of P9. However, after slipping backwards at the start come Sunday, the 35-year-old was then brought in for an early pit stop to swap from his medium tyres to new hards.
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This resulted in Ricciardo emerging back out into traffic – amid several cars that had pitted for softs – and from there he struggled to make much ground before ultimately crossing the line in P12.
When asked about the idea that pitting so early could potentially undo his race, Ricciardo responded: “You wondered right, I thought the same thing honestly as soon as I… you don’t want to pull into the pits – you get the call and you know this isn’t the thing to do.
“But you get the call late and there’s no time to question it, because then if you miss a lap, it’s even worse. But as soon as I pulled in, the cars on softs had pulled in, I was on a medium – [we should have thought] let’s go, let’s use our clear air we’ve got.
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