The Australian was set to retire from the 71-lap race at Interlagos after a tyre, which was jettisoned within the hefty first-corner shunt between Alex Albon and Kevin Magnussen, landed on the rear wing.
However as a consequence of subsequent barrier repairs, the race was quickly red-flagged to permit the workforce to hold out repairs and re-enter Ricciardo into the race. McLaren did related after Oscar Piastri was collected within the melee.
The compatriots had been required to restart the race from the pit lane as a substitute of taking the reorganised standing begin. Each drivers had been additionally dropped a lap behind the remaining vehicles.
It is because they each pitted on the finish of the primary lap when anticipated to be withdrawn, whereas the sector continued by means of the pit lane behind the security automobile earlier than the race was ultimately halted.
The FIA Sporting Rules learn: “Any vehicles of their storage on the time the race was suspended can be organized behind the road of vehicles within the quick lane [of the pits] within the order they bought there.
“Any such vehicles can be permitted to depart the pit lane when the race is resumed however should re-enter the pit lane when the security automobile returns and will be part of the race as soon as the final automobile has handed the pit exit after the re-start…
“Every lap accomplished utilizing the procedures can be counted as a race lap as acceptable.”
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Daniel Ricciardo, AlphaTauri AT04
However Ricciardo has taken goal at these “lame” guidelines that don’t enable for extra “frequent sense” since he believes he ought to have been counted as being on the identical lap as the remainder of the pack.
“We hoped there was a pink flag and we will get again within the race,” he stated. “So, we bought to the pits. We heard there have been reds. The workforce did an ideal job fixing the automobile, so we’re able to go.
“Then they inform me that Oscar and I are beginning a lap down. All the joy you must race once more simply will get fully zapped out of you.
“There was not a inexperienced flag racing lap accomplished. I do not understand how we begin the race then a lap down.
“That is actually irritating. Clearly, it is one thing form of a bit lame within the guidelines.”
He continued: “I feel my argument is that if 15 vehicles had our problem at present, are they going to start out 15 vehicles within the pit lane a lap down and put 5 vehicles on the grid? No. They are not going to do this.
“So, for me, I feel they’ll use frequent sense and be a bit open-minded. I simply want we might race, I want they might allow us to be within the race. That one hurts a bit.”