Daniel Ricciardo backs Max Verstappen with “blown out of proportion” verdict

🃏“Look, no-one in this sport wants to be t𒅌he one that gets bullied"

Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) RB. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 11, Austrian Grand Prix, Spielberg, Austria, Sprint and
Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) RB. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 11, Austrian Grand Prix, Spielberg…

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Daniel Ricciardo has backed 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen, in the aftermath of his clash with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris, insisting “nothing seemed over the top”.

Verstappen’s driving style is under the microscope heading into this weekend’s F1 British Grand Prix at Silverstone after contact 🌟with Norris in Austria.

McLaren’s Norris saw his r🅷ace ended early and he raged a꧃fterwards at his friend from Red Bull, who was hit with a 10-second time penalty.

“You’re fighting for 🌊a win so you’re not just going to wave someone by,” Ricciardo said at Silverstone, where ཧwuqian0821.com are in the paddock.

“I think the contact can happen probably nine tim🙈es out of 10 🌜with no consequence.

“They’d been going back and forth, maybe the angle was a bit awkward, Lando ended the race. I think the outcome was probably bigger than what was actuꦺally happening on track.

“What I saw at least, nothing seemed over🅠 the top. Was it pushing the edge? Probably.

“But was anything dangerous or reckless? At least from what I’ve seen, no. Bu🌊t…”

Ricciardo, a former Red Bull teammate of Verstappen’s, has endured his𓆏 own on-track controversy ಞwith the F1 champion.

Six years ago in Baku,ဣ they clashed heavily and were both reprimanded by the stewards.

Ricciardo was asked if rivals must expect a fraught battle when going wheel-to-wheel with Ver🍃stappen.

“Yeah, of course.🌳 You know that, you hav♏e to expect that,” he answered.

“But I don’t even want to spotlight Max, I think when you’re fighting for a win,🅺 you fight for a win, are you gꩲoing to fight harder than 15th place? Honestly, yes. Because it’s just how it is.

“I think it's to be expected. Anไd I’m not saying OK, whether everything was correct and by the book, yeah maybe some things were pushing it.

“T💙hey’re going to talk about it, because it’s for the win, and as I said, they’ll probably try and create some enemies out of two kids that get along.

“I think honestly, it's good that there’s a hard battle for the lead. Unfortunately it end🃏ed that way for them, but that’s how it goes.”

'No-one wants to get bullied'

Ricciardo was questioned about whether driversꦓ must lay down the law to the aggressive Verstappen.

He said: “Look, no-one ꩵin this spor🅠t wants to be the one that gets bullied. You want to stand your ground against everyone.

“Obviously it's your reputation as well. When people come up to you on-track, you don’t want them to think ‘oh this guy’s going to 🦂b🦄e an easy one for me’.

“So you always want to have your elbows out to an extent. We know Max from day one has always 🌠♔had his out, and I think just naturally his DNA, he just is a tough racer.

“It’s not something he has to really dig deep for. That’s jus💙t how he races. You know it’s kind of unconditional with him, that you’re going to get🥃 a tough battle.

“It doesn’t necessarily change the way you race him. You just know you’re going to have to pull off a really good move and make it stick, and I thꦰink Lando learned that on Saturday.

“He൩ thought he probably had it done, and Max said no, not today. You live and you learn.

“Ob🧸viously then, Lando made some bold moves on Sunday, and had his elbows out too. Unfortunately, I think the outcome was what it was.”

McLaren team principal Andrea Stella insisted that Verstappen was not penalised heavily enꩵough years ago, when he was battling L🎐ewis Hamilton, allowing his style of driving to continue.

“It sounds like people are probably hammering🍌 Max a bit,” Ricciardo reacted.

“I don’t know if it… it sou♒nds like it’s probably blown a little bit out of proportion.

“Like I say he’💛s unchanged, when I say he’s unchanged, I think it’s the way he goes racing.

“Obviously leaves it all out on the track, and that’s what a lot of fans have admired🐻 about him.

“But do I think he matured since the start of his career? A♌bsolutely. It’s not like he’s finding himself in these positions all the time.

“I don’t think it needs any real addressing at the momen🦋t. Maybe the drivers’ briefing tomorrow, I’ll hear otherwise.

“As I said, you’re fighting for 🍰a win. It was unfortunate. I don’t think the incident they had was dan൲gerous.

“It was fairly low speed, it wasn’t a Turn 9 situation here at Copse𒁏 in ’21, that obviously had a lot bigger conse♐quence.

“Look, if ✤this goes on the next few races, and this is like ‘oh wow’, OK. I’m not sure if one race is enough to create a narrative of ‘oh, nothing’s changed’...”

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