{"id":296066,"date":"2023-10-31T19:10:29","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T19:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=296066"},"modified":"2023-10-31T19:10:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T19:10:29","slug":"daniel-ricciardo-hurt-by-press-question-and-sulked-in-garage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/racing\/f1\/daniel-ricciardo-hurt-by-press-question-and-sulked-in-garage\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Ricciardo ‘hurt’ by press question and sulked in garage"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Daniel Ricciardo produced an emphatic response after a press question left him ‘hurt’ and sulking in the garage. The Australian qualified in P4 for the F1 Mexican GP before crossing the line in seventh place, which was AlphaTauri\u2019s best finish of the season.<\/p>\n

Once again Ricciardo showed his quality which had been missing from the sport this season before he returned to the grid in July. But according to the F1 Nation podcast with Tom Clarkson and fellow presenter Natalie Pinkham, a comment from a member of the media provided the 34-year-old with even more motivation to have an excellent race at the Aut\u00f3dromo Hermanos Rodr\u00edguez circuit.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was an interesting question in the press conference on Thursday,\u201d Clarkson explained. \u201cA local journalist said, \u2018Daniel are you more of an entertainer or a racing driver\u2019? And I felt that somehow hurt him.\u201d<\/p>\n

After returning from injury at the US GP on October 22, in Mexico Ricciardo registered his best finish since the same event in 2022. Post-race the ecstatic driver told Sky Sports F1: \u201c\u200b\u200bA lot of emotions. Relieved as well. Two starts on this track… you hold your breath because it’s such a long run to Turn One.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe first start we started fourth and came through in fourth, so I was pretty happy, especially when we know we have a bit more drag then others. The second one. When I saw the red flag I knew it would probably hurt our race. We were in fifth and potentially could have finished there.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen starting on the hard with other cars on the medium…just to lose one spot is close to a best case scenario. To fight a Mercedes at the end is a big weekend for us. I’m happy-sad. All in all, it’s a good weekend. After last weekend, this was the weekend I dreamed of and we got it.”<\/p>\n

Ricciardo, who has already been confirmed to stay at AlphaTauri alongside Yuki Tsunoda for 2024, fought hard against Mercedes star Lewis Hamilton in the early stages of the race. The Aussie was also just half a second behind George Russell at the chequered flag in the battle for sixth. Ricciardo is being closely watched by Red Bull team principal Christian Horner, as AlphaTauri is Red Bull\u2019s sister team. Horner was delighted to see Ricciardo produce a great performance and believes his conference will only continue to grow.<\/p>\n

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