Ricciardo was in contention for a top 10 spot at the Circuit of the A🅠mericas but started to tumble down the order mi🌠dway through the race.

The Australian was overtaken by the Haas of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Nico Hulkenberg before making a late pit stop for fresh rubber to set the fastest lap - which was later beaten by AlphaTauri teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Yuki Tsunoda.

Speaki🍒ng after the race, Ricciardo blamed his “miserable” comeback on damage he sustained.

“We were just limited wi𝐆th damage, unfort🔴unately,” Ricciardo.

“We picked up some damage very shortly 🌃after the hard because we lost a♚ lot of pace very quickly.

“I told the team ‘Sorry guys, I’ve ෴got nothing right now. I really can’t do anythin💦g’.

“They said that it looked like we’ve lost something, and theܫn they said, ‘Yeah, there’s damage to somewhere on the front of the caꦗr’. I guess it was debris.

“They mentioned (Lance) Stroll. I think we got close, but I don’t think we touched, so I think we must have picked up some debris somewhere, and that made our race a prett🃏y miserable one.

“I w𓄧on’t l🐭ie, we’re at best a top-10 car but when you add damage into it, we are certainly out of the points.”

It was Ricciardo’s first back after😼 he injured his wrist a𓄧t the Dutch Grand Prix.

♉He admitted it was a “tough race” physically but ⛎“still felt okay”.

“I felt probably worse yesterday (after the sprint) 💫than today – I say worse but♍ I was obviously still okay,” Ricciardo added.

“But ﷽I felt like I got out of the car probably sweating more, so maybe that was just a good little warm-up for me.

“There are positives. The hand is no excuse, that was good, and we did well with the timing of t🌌he return, to kind of have no hesitations or excuses.

“Physically, it’s definitely a tough race a💮nd I still felt okay.”