{"id":296632,"date":"2023-11-05T20:24:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T20:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=296632"},"modified":"2023-11-05T20:24:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T20:24:44","slug":"ricciardo-in-lucky-escape-after-flying-tyre-narrowly-misses-his-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/racing\/f1\/ricciardo-in-lucky-escape-after-flying-tyre-narrowly-misses-his-head\/","title":{"rendered":"Ricciardo in lucky escape after flying tyre narrowly misses his head"},"content":{"rendered":"
Daniel Ricciardo narrowly escaped a flying tyre after a chaotic opening lap crash in the Brazilian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n
The race was suspended following the dramatic collision that ended the races of both Haas\u2019 Kevin Magnussen and Williams\u2019 Alex Albon on the 200-yard approach to the first corner.<\/p>\n
The left-rear tyre of Abon\u2019s blue-liveried car came detached in and flew in the direction of Daniel Ricciardo\u2019s AlphaTauri further back. It missed the Australian\u2019s head by inches and instead landed on his rear wing.<\/p>\n
Nobody was hurt.<\/p>\n
It appeared that Albon, who started 13th, was nudged by the Haas of Nico Hulkenberg. Albon then tagged Magnussen.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Daniel Ricciardo escaped injury after his car was struck by a flying tyre at Brazilian Grand Prix<\/p>\n
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Left-rear tyre of Abon\u2019s car came detached in and flew in direction of Ricciardo\u2019s AlphaTauri<\/p>\n
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The tyre missed the Australian\u2019s head by inches and instead landed on his rear wing on Sunday<\/p>\n
Hulkenberg\u2019s car was largely unharmed though the tyre bounced narrowly to the left of him before the RIcciardo scare.<\/p>\n
Ricciardo turned frantically left in reaction to the stray rubber bouncing its way towards him. \u2019I tried to miss it but the tyre was in the air and it clipped my rear wing,\u2019 he said over the radio.’<\/p>\n
The carcass weighs 11.5kg, 1.5 times as much as a bowling ball.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He returned to the pits for repairs during the long suspension in racing.<\/p>\n
Ferrari\u2019s Charles Leclerc crashed out on the formation lap at Turn 8. He blamed his demise on a hydraulic fault. \u2018Why the f*** am I so unlucky?\u2019 he exclaimed over the radio.<\/p>\n