The Rodin Carlin driver, making his return to F3 at Macau this weekend in a bid to say an historic third win, was shunted into the wall at Lisboa on lap two of the qualification race on Saturday after his Trident rival made an optimistic dive down the within.
The incident pitched each into the tyre barrier, and signifies that Ticktum will begin on the again row of the grid for the primary grand prix on Sunday.
Talking after the race on the misplaced alternative, having felt he may make progress from his authentic thirteenth spot on the grid, Ticktum believed that Ugochukwu’s error was unnecessary – and one thing that’s sometimes anticipated from drivers racing in additional junior classes.
“He simply outbraked himself and put me within the wall,” mentioned Ticktum. “It’s a disgrace. A win was an extended shot, however I used to be already as much as tenth or eleventh, so with a pair extra overtakes and an excellent begin tomorrow I reckon I may have been prime 5 simply.
“I’ve simply come again from the stewards and watched the on-board, and he got here from an extended {old} manner again.
“He was making an attempt to overhaul my team-mate [Zane Maloney], he wasn’t making an attempt to overhaul me, but when I wasn’t there, he would have simply ended up within the wall anyway. He misjudged it.
“It’s a mistake that occurs, however there are some comparatively inexperienced drivers, particularly right here at Macau, and errors like that in my view shouldn’t occur at this stage.
“F4, I get it, when you find yourself simply 15 or 16 years {old}. Clearly, some drivers are inexperienced, however I simply don’t assume that sort of mistake ought to occur.”
Picture by: Macau GP
Dan Ticktum, Rodin Carlin
Ticktum’s beginning place for the grand prix signifies that any hopes of grabbing the victory are gone, however the Briton insists that this is not going to be his final look within the F3 traditional.
Requested about his mindset for the race, he mentioned: “I’ll simply go and luxuriate in it. It’s precisely the identical as what occurred in 2019, sadly. My team-mate [Logan Sargeant] brought about that incident then, and I needed to begin final for the ultimate. It’s to not be this 12 months.
“However I’ve each intention of coming again, I don’t care how {old} I get, I identical to the race and doing it in an F3 automobile is extra thrilling than a GT automobile.
“I’d like to return again and win it once more, or win it two extra instances, who is aware of? However we’d like a bit extra tempo. The staff is aware of that, they’ve had a tough 12 months. However let’s see for subsequent 12 months.”
Armstrong: “It sucks”
Ticktum was not the one potential front-runner to finish the qualification race ruing an incident.
IndyCar driver Marcus Armstrong, who had began fifth, noticed his hopes dashed after struggling a broken entrance wing in a conflict with Isack Hadjar on the opening lap. He needed to pit for repairs and ultimately completed twenty second.
“We got here out of Flip 3, and I used to be side-by-side with Hadjar,” defined the New Zealander. “To be truthful to him, he had the run on the skin and it was his nook for certain.
“I might have backed out and let him have it, however he came to visit and squeezed me, and that was why we had a really clumsy crash. It was sort of pointless. It was clearly his nook. I don’t know what else to say, it sucks.”