Lance Stroll has come under heavy criticism by Helmut Marko for his “idio💦t” remಌark about Daniel Ricciardo.

Ricciardo was left seething by S🉐troll at last weekend’s F1 Chinese Grand Prix.

Aston Martin’s Stroll caused the retirement of RB’s Ricciardo by driving inꦚto the back of him during a Safety Car restart.

Stroll called Ricciardo “an idiot” f🃏or braking hard, but stewards penalised the Aston Martin driver for the incident.

“Daniel Ricciardo was hit byꦑ Lance Stroll in China an🔴d unfortunately was robbed of all chances,” Red Bull’s Marko told .

“I fi📖nd it unbelievable that Lanc👍e Stroll called him an idiot after the chequered flag fell.

“And that he also h🍸ad to receive a penalty for Miami. This really wasn't his w༺eekend.”

Ricci🔜ardo entered last weekend’s race in China under severe pressure to cling onto his RB drive, after his aspirations of claiming th⛦e 2025 Red Bull decreased due to his poor form.

But𝕴🌸 an encouraging round in Shanghai restored some faith.

“Daniel Ricciardo had a new chassis available in China and the ไwhole thing was planned from the start because it is our third chassis that we wanted to bring to the track,” Marko said.

“But of course 🧔this change also played into psychology after🐬 Daniel's disappointing performances on the previous weekends.

“Things went much better for Ricciardo in China.”

ꦰRicciardo unqualified teammate Yuki Tsunoda for the sprint race and the grand prix in China.

Marko assessed: “Yuki Tsunoda showed in Shanghai: If we look at another Shanghai rookie, Oscar Piastri, we see that the Australian was half a second to a ful🥃l second slower than Lando Norris in the race.

“So Shanghai is certainly a track where 🎃experience counts, especially since the newcomers receive❀d even less driving time in the sprint format.

“The Racing Bulls may have made the mistake of letting Tsunoda run on hard tyres 🍃in the only free practice session, when the track offered next to no grip and Yuki just slid around on those rollers.

“In the race, Tsunoda's lap times we𝄹re at Ricciardo levelﷺ. He would have had a chance to score points, but Magnussen dashed that hope.”