Why has Lance Stroll opted to double down on blaming everyone but himself for crashing into Daniel Ricciardo behind the Safety Car?
The Aston Martin driver collided with the back of Daniel Ricciardo ’s RB while the field prepared to restart following a Safety Car during the Chinese Grand Prix but, according to Stroll, it was anyone else’s fault but his own.The field was bunched up just before the end of the Safety Car period, preparing to restart out of the hairpin as Max Verstappen commanded the pace to resume green flag conditions.
But Stroll didn’t take the diplomatic approach. The Canadian driver instead decided to point the finger of blame at Ricciardo and the cars in front, calling the Australian an “idiot” over team radio before he dived into the pits. The incident resulted in the stewards giving Stroll a 10-second penalty for causing a collision, and handed him two penalty points on his super licence.
“I’d slowly started to calm down, and then I was told what Lance thinks of the incident. And, apparently, I’m an idiot and it was my fault,” Ricciardo said. “As soon as we start braking, you can see his helmet turn right and he’s looking at the apex at Turn 14. He’s not even watching me and then, when he looks back, he’s in the back of me.
“So we look for continuity. I’ve always that that is very important. So we will see in the next weeks.” “If someone didn’t hit the brakes in front, no concertina effect and wouldn’t have been any issues. I really think it was one of those stupid incidents,” he said. “I could see it was bunching up in Turn 14, and we can’t know for a fact when going to go,” he said.
“He probably affected two of our races. Hopefully, when he comes here , he takes some accountability.“Once the dust settles, if he’s still hot-headed today, he needs to learn from this.
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