Stroll bumped into Ricciardo underneath the protection automotive in Shanghai, which ended Ricciardo’s probability of scoring his first factors of the 2024 season with RB.
Ricciardo was incensed by the incident, particularly after it turned clear that Stroll ducked duty for the incident and blamed drivers forward, saying it made his “blood boil”.
The Australian revealed in Miami that he and Stroll nonetheless hadn’t cleared the air, however recommended there can be no level in doing so if Stroll nonetheless felt he was innocent for the contact.
“I’d say no, as a result of I really feel it isn’t going to go anyplace,” Ricciardo replied when requested if he wished to talk with the Canadian.
“I can settle for an apology, I am not that a lot of an asshole. However the truth that there’s not even that… He clearly would not assume he did something incorrect. So I suppose there’s not a lot to say.
“Clearly, if we sit subsequent to one another within the drivers’ briefing and he desires to speak, I am not going to disregard him or something.”
Daniel Ricciardo, VCARB 01, Nico Hulkenberg, Haas VF-24, Lance Stroll, Aston Martin AMR24, and the rest of the sector
Picture by: Mark Sutton
Ricciardo defined that in earlier incidents he at all times made some extent of clearing the air together with his rivals, even when he wasn’t totally satisfied he was within the incorrect, simply to keep away from different drivers portray a goal on his again.
“Once I was youthful, possibly I used to be extra cussed, did not at all times apologise for one thing that was my fault,” he mentioned.
“However the previous couple of years, if I take somebody out or even when it is 50/50, I am going to nonetheless say: ‘Look, possibly I might have accomplished higher, so sorry for ruining our day.’ I am going to simply textual content them clear the air a little bit bit.
“We’re all rivals, however you do not need to have a goal and you do not want enemies. I am not going so far as saying he’s an enemy or something. It is an incident and we’ll transfer on.
“However you do not clearly need to get what you are giving. In that place, if I did not see him in individual I’d at the very least say: ‘Hey man sorry, I used to be trying some other place, otherwise you braked actually onerous and caught me off guard.’ No matter, simply one thing.
“However yeah, it is high quality. Clearly we’re speaking about it, however I’ve definitely moved on.”
Stroll ducked questions in regards to the incident in Miami, and when requested if he tried to succeed in out to Ricciardo, he mentioned: “Not for this room. These issues are accomplished behind closed doorways.”