The 71-lap race needed to be purple flagged after Nico Hulkenberg and Alex Albon touched on the run to Flip 1, which flicked the Williams throughout the monitor to wipe out the second Haas of Kevin Magnussen.
Within the melee, Albon’s rear tyre delaminated and the rubber carcass was collected by Hulkenberg earlier than it was flicked up into the trail of Ricciardo. It will definitely clipped the rear wing of his AT04.
Requested by Autosport to recall his efforts to choose a route via the particles, Ricciardo stated he remembered “ducking” within the automotive: “Clearly, I noticed fairly an enormous crash in entrance of me so there was a lot of particles.
“I felt like I used to be getting via it after which I noticed a tyre off the rim frisbeeing via the air and it began getting nearer. So, I bear in mind type of additionally ducking my head and I did not really feel something hit me.
“I used to be completely satisfied. However then I checked my mirrors and I noticed the rear wing was just about off, so I assume then the tyre hit the wing.
“That was clearly irritating. Now you look again at these issues and it is good that it did not hit me.”
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Daniel Ricciardo, AlphaTauri
AlphaTauri initially known as Ricciardo, who began seventeenth, into the storage to retire the automotive however the purple flag allowed the staff to restore the rear wing within the storage.
However as a result of the automotive had been withdrawn from the reside pit lane, Ricciardo was counted as being a lap down when he rejoined the race from the pit lane exit slightly than taking the standing restart.
Requested whether or not he felt fortunate given the near-miss, Ricciardo stated any preliminary reduction was quickly overpowered by frustration. It was solely later that he was “grateful” to emerge unscathed.
The eight-time grand prix winner toiled in the back of the pack with Oscar Piastri for the period on his option to classifying thirteenth in a race the place six vehicles failed to complete.
Ricciardo continued: “It is humorous, as quickly as I realised it did not hit me, then I regarded on the wing and I used to be like, ‘Dammit!’
“So, my fast reduction was changed into disappointment as a result of I realised the race might be over.
“It is humorous, I believe if you’re in that race mode, you type of do not even give it some thought.
“However now with hindsight, clearly I am grateful that all of us bought out of it protected. All this stuff can at all times be worse. I will go away feeling actually just a little bit grateful for that.”
Extra reporting by Isa Fernandes