Daniel Ricciardo has hinted at issues with his car before , which will see him start 16th on the grid for the Dutch Grand Prix. It was a tough break for Ricciardo, who had looked impressive before the mid-season break to start closing the gap on teammate Yuki Tsunoda in a bid to secure a seat in the F1 next year. On Saturday evening, however, Ricciardo was almost half-a-second behind Tsunoda’s time in Q1 as he was bundled out.
“I don’t feel good, for sure,” Ricciardo said, per the F1 website. “Q1, obviously it’s over so quick. You know, if you don’t get it right.
.. that’s it.
It was tricky but honestly not quite sure why we struggled so much. But that’s it. It’s over just like that, so if you don’t get it right then it’s done.
That’s it, not much to say.” Ricciardo did have something to say, however, on underlying issues with his car and while he did not divulge any details, the Australian said the discovery was “encouraging”. “We did find some stuff last night so that was, I would say, definitely encouraging coming into today,” Ricciardo added.
“We basically found some things on the car that weren’t, let’s say, set up particularly well so that was all good for today. Obviously this morning (it is) hard to read..
. I don’t really know where it kind of got away from us then. “I mean, I do from a feeling but it’s obviously windy and tricky for everyone so we just seemed to struggle a bit more that last lap and in the end (we were) .