Ricciardo frustrated by Q2 exit

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Ricciardo frustrated by Q2 exit

After being eliminated in Q2, Daniel Ricciardo admits he was unhappy with his position on today’s grid after the promise RB showed in practice.

“I don’t love 13th,” he said. “I do feel like we were better than that. It was a call we made at the time. It didn’t seem like a silly one, it just didn’t work out for us.

“Q2, we did the first run, I think we were there somewhere in the top ten, and then a little bit of rain started to come. So we thought ‘okay, let’s set the time now in case the rain gets heavier and the track gets slower, let’s try and do what we can’. So we were able to improve a little bit, maybe a tenth or something. But then the rain stayed light enough that at the end everyone was able to improve. So we were back in the garage and that’s when we got knocked out. So that was for sure frustrating, but I don’t argue with our train of thought up until that moment. If it rains heavier, then we look like the good guys. It just didn’t work out for us.

“But I’m definitely happy with the pace we had. I felt like every time we set a representative time, we were a top ten car. We didn’t get rewarded with it today.”

Magnussen suffered suspension problem

Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu revealed that Kevin Magnussen was fighting with a rear suspension problem as he was knocked out of F1, slower than team mate Nico Hulkenberg.

“Kevin’s car looks like it had a physical issue with the rear suspension which we can see on the data,” Komatsu explained.

“So we’re now looking into that, but I’m sure we can put that one right tonight”

101 track limits strikes in 12-lap F3 sprint

Trident Formula 3 driver Sami Meguetounif earned an eye-watering 30 seconds of time penalties in yesterday’s Formula 3 sprint race after the stewards determined he had exceeded track limits ten times over the 12-lap race.

Meguetounif took the chequered flag in sixth place but was demoted to 27th in the final classification with his penalty.

He was one of 11 drivers who received time penalties for exceeding track limits multiple times during the race, with a total of 101 track limits strikes counted over the race. Mari Boya was hit with 25 seconds of penalties for eight infringements, the most prolific offender aside from Meguetounif.