“ Happy go lucky ” is a phrase usually thrown out to describe anyone with a consistently cheerful disposition , but in Daniel Ricciardo ’ s case , it ’ s simply the complete and utter truth .
Barring a situation where the rest of the field is wiped-out with shoey-induced gastro , The race will probably go down as the most perfect alignment of the stars in Ricciardo ’ s career .
Starting tenth , finishing first , Ricciardo was somehow on the good side of a polluted brake duct , an oil leak for his teammate , two safety-car periods , a case of serious road rage , and a loose headrest . Add in one scintillating two-car pass at the restart and you ’ ve got a grand prix victory out of nowhere . What an insane race .
Stroll Comes Good with Maiden Podium Similarly benefiting from the chaos around him ,
Lance Stroll somehow found his first career podium .
Having spent the majority of this season being ( fairly ) criticised for his pace and indeed , place , in Formula 1 , Stroll now has more career podiums than Nico Hulkenberg . Let that one sink in .
The culmination of a promising weekend that saw him out-qualify his teammate for the first time , there ’ s no denying the part fortune played in this result , but you have to give him credit . He didn ’ t put a foot wrong all weekend – possibly the only driver that can say that – and kept his head when the opportunity presented itself . Does this result discount his underperformances in previous races ? No , but it shows there ’ s more to him than we ’ ve seen previously , and maybe , just maybe , he can prove worthy of his seat after all .
REVIEW BY BEN STEVENS
Sunday
“ Happy go lucky ” is a phrase usually thrown out to describe anyone with a consistently cheerful disposition , but in Daniel Ricciardo ’ s case , it ’ s simply the complete and utter truth .
Barring a situation where the rest of the field is wiped-out with shoey-induced gastro , The race will probably go down as the most perfect alignment of the stars in Ricciardo ’ s career .
Starting tenth , finishing first , Ricciardo was somehow on the good side of a polluted brake duct , an oil leak for his teammate , two safety-car periods , a case of serious road rage , and a loose headrest . Add in one scintillating two-car pass at the restart and you ’ ve got a grand prix victory out of nowhere . What an insane race .
Stroll Comes Good with Maiden Podium Similarly benefiting from the chaos around him ,
Lance Stroll somehow found his first career podium .
Having spent the majority of this season being ( fairly ) criticised for his pace and indeed , place , in Formula 1 , Stroll now has more career podiums than Nico Hulkenberg . Let that one sink in .
The culmination of a promising weekend that saw him out-qualify his teammate for the first time , there ’ s no denying the part fortune played in this result , but you have to give him credit . He didn ’ t put a foot wrong all weekend – possibly the only driver that can say that – and kept his head when the opportunity presented itself . Does this result discount his underperformances in previous races ? No , but it shows there ’ s more to him than we ’ ve seen previously , and maybe , just maybe , he can prove worthy of his seat after all .