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Ricciardo baffled by Q2 exit “mystery”

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In the round-up: Daniel Ricciardo described his Q2 elimination as a “mystery”

In brief

Ricciardo baffled by Q2 exit “mystery”

After RB driver Daniel Ricciardo failed to follow team mate Yuki Tsunoda through to Q3 in qualifying for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, he admitted he had no answer for why he could not match Tsunoda’s pace.

“It was a very frustrating qualifying,” Ricciardo said. “Compared to Bahrain, where I was more frustrated with myself because I knew there was more time on the table, today was a little bit more of a mystery.

“I was confident going into qualifying, and I was feeling quite good in the car, but on the second run, I made a mistake. Nonetheless, we were still in the fight. Once in Q2, everyone was improving their lap time, but I felt like I couldn’t get any more out of what I had, and we just plateaued. It wasn’t a matter of understeer or oversteer, but more that I didn’t have the grip compared to the others.”

F1 TV’s Winter addresses difficulties for women in F1

Journalist Laura Winter, who anchors F1 TV’s live coverage, discussed the discomfort she and many other women working in Formula 1 feel amid the ongoing controversy at Red Bull which continues to dominate headlines.

Speaking on International Womens Day and the day of the opening round of the new F1 Academy season, Winter addressed viewers directly at the start of coverage of the final practice session, becoming the first figure on F1’s official channel to acknowledge the investigation into Red Bull team principal Christian Horner on air.

“After recent news stories and headlines, it has not been easy to be a woman working in Formula 1,” Winter said. “I’m certainly very proud to be standing here as a woman working in Formula 1, bringing you these shows and sharing this paddock as well with utterly brilliant women – from team personnel to fellow media and drivers too. All of whom should be celebrated today, but indeed every other day – as too should wonderful male allies who are helping us make this sport a better and more inclusive place.

“It is not lost on us that this opening round [of F1 Academy] is held in Saudi Arabia – a kingdom in which it was illegal for women to drive before 2018. To the women and girls in motorsport, to the huge and growing numbers of female fans in this sport, we are here to stay and we are right where we belong.”

Rosenqvist dramatically fastest in first IndyCar practice

New Meyer Shank driver Felix Rosenqvist was fastest by almost half a second in the opening practice session at St Petersburg yesterday. He produced a best of 1’00.3390 which put him 0.14 seconds ahead of McLaren’s Pato O’Ward. Another 0.47s covered the next 15 cars.

A new format was trialled in which all cars took to the track for the first 20 minutes, then the field was split into two equal-sized groups which took turns to share 10-minute blocks of running.

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