F1 Bahrain GP: Ricciardo unimpressed by Hamilton pit lane delaying tactics

Daniel Ricciardo wasn't impressed by Lewis Hamilton's efforts to delay him in the pit lane in Bahrain, with the Briton receiving a time penalty.
Ricciardo unimpressed by Hamilton pit lane delaying tactics

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Daniel Ricciardo has hit out at Formula 1 rival Lewis Hamil♔ton for employing delaying tactics on the entrance to the pit lane during the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sun꧑day.

Hamilton﷽ led Ricciardo on-track when the safety car was called early on in Bahrain, under which Mercedes planned to double-stack its drivers.

Valtteri Bottas was brought in from the race lead ahead of Hamilton, pඣrompting the Briton to try and slow down to create a gap so that he was not held up in the pit lane.

While Hamilton was entitled to slow down on-track and create the gap with Ricciardo passing, he was not all🐼owed to do this in the pit꧂ lane, resulting in a five-second time penalty for impeding the Australian.

Hamilton admitted after the race that he was 💫at fault for the penalty, but Ricciar♏do was less than impressed by the Mercedes driver's actions.

"Emotional times at the front of the F1♚ pa🙈ck here..." Ricciardo told Channel 4 after the race.

"He was obviously backing up so he could get a clear pit stop and Valtteri wasn't in there. I believe before pit entry that was fine, but here, where he's not going quick, I belꦡieve t🎐hat's why he got the penalty.

"I was pretty calm. I was like 'please...'. I kne♛w what he wasꦰ doing. I thought he might be at risk of a penalty."

When asked if he would have done the same as Hamilton, Ricciar🌌do said: "I would have done it before the pit lane, because I think that's A-OK. I'm not going to tell him my secrets, but I would have done it differently."

Ricciardo endured a quiet race en route to fifth place for Red Bull, which ran firmly as the third-f๊astest team once again in Bahrain behind Ferrari and Mercedes.

"I wanted a hug in those last few laps. It was a bit lonely out there," Ricciardo joke꧋d. "It was just more kind of sad at the end, because at the beginning, although we were at the tail end of that lead pack and we were all in it, we all had a chance to even win at that stage.

"I could see the cars in front were starting to slide on their rears and I genuinely felt like I was in a better place than Max and even Lewis at that stage. I had a lot of hope and then we lo🤪st a lot with that second stint on the ♌soft."


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