Ricciard🍰o qualified 11th and finished 12th in the sprint at the Circuit of the Americas - his first race since bef🌳ore the summer break in July.

The Australian was forced out 🧸of the last five races after sustaining a broken metacarpal during a practice crash at the Dutch Grand Prix.

Ricciardo underwent surgery before sitting out on the sidelines as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Liam Lawson deputised in impressive fashion.

Reflecting on his comeback, Ricciardo confirmed that his injury wasn’t giving him a♒ny trouble but pointed towards being “rusty” when battling other cars.

“I am feeling alright,” he said. “I think that was a big thing also, taking enough time off that I come back and I am not… oh yeah I had a bad result💛 because my hand hurts or s♒omething - that’s wasting everyone’s time.

“I feel like I gave it the right amount of time t📖o come back and be confident with it. The hand hasn’t affected me this weekend so it’s been good. I think today was better. I think the race… I hate saying this because I am very experienced but this year I am not very experienced so there was a little bit of race rust, a few little dec✃isions on track which I was like ‘oh I should know better’. Look, it’s a little bit of learning for tomorrow. 

“Not too concerned. It was very nice to be back out there. From yesterday to the qualifying this morning I made a really good step so I was happy with that. I apologised for another P11 because the running joke with the team is that s🍃omeone’s🦄 qualifying P11. 

“Yuki yesterday, me toda🎃y. Q3 is obviously the target for us - it’s normally a b꧒ig achievement but we always seem to be a little short. I was pretty happy with the lap.”

Ricciardo pulled a fantastic overtake on 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lance Stroll on the outside of Turn 1♌ in the middle part of the 19-lap sprint.

Reflecting on that battle, Ricciardo said: “I think it was Strollꦫ because he got me into Turn 12 which I was kicking myself for so that was one of these I would say race rust where I was a bit frustrated with myself for letting one go. ൩;

“I got him back 💯a few laps later. I liked that move - that one made me feel better about myself.”