Ricciardo labels his Las Vegas race as ‘humiliating’

Daniel Ricciardo has shared his disappointment concerning his Las Vegas race, which he labeled as ‘humiliating’ and painful.

The Aussie started from P14, but failed to make any progress at all and finished in that position as the Alpha Tauri struggled for pace overall.

“I think we thought maybe we would have a bit more [pace],” said Ricciardo. “I was definitely optimistic coming into the race. I knew where we had been suffering this weekend. It’s really just warm-up, getting the tire working.”

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“I was getting overtaken on the outside of Turn 3. And the outside is really slippery and for them to have more grip, I was just like ‘oh man’. It was pretty humiliating. We honestly just couldn’t do anything.”

“A bit of a painful weekend. I think it is certainly surface-specific, but we can’t neglect it. We have to obviously move on for Abu Dhabi, but we need to do some post-race research and analysis. We didn’t seem to have any answers for it so some work to do for when we come here next time.”