Daniel Ricciardo will start the Miami Grand Prix from dead last.
The Australian’s fairytale turned into a nightmare on Sunday morning after earlier finishing the sprint race in P4 to pick up his first championship points of the year.
The fourth-placed finish was Ricciardo’s best race result since 2021.
After a stunning qualifying effort on Saturday (AEST), Ricciardo started fourth and was widely expected to be hunted down by those drivers starting behind him.
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However, he showed incredible class to hold off Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz for more than half the race, earning a thumbs up from the Spaniard as they crossed the line.
His day was turned on its head two hours later when he bombed out spectacularly in the opening qualifying session.
Ricciardo finished P18 in Q1, more than 0.2 seconds away from progressing to Q2.
Carrying a three-placed grid penalty, Ricciardo will start P20 for Monday morning’s Miami Grand Prix.
The veteran driver was seething at the end of the session.
It didn’t help that ...
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