Ricciardo walks again ‘f***ing idiots’ dig at F1
Daniel Ricciardo says he might be higher together with his alternative of phrases in future after describing Method 1 as “f***ing idiots” for the way in which its social crew promotes crashes.
The Australian was extraordinarily vocal over the protection of Romain Grosjean’s horrific incident on the Bahrain Grand Prix final 12 months, and in a current interview with Sq. Mile, he hit out on the content material being chosen by its social media crew, too.
“I believe final 12 months, F1 placed on their social channels, like, ‘prime 10 moments of the 12 months’ or one thing, and eight of the ten have been crashes,” Ricciardo was quoted as saying. “I used to be similar to, you guys are f***ing idiots. Perhaps 12-year-old youngsters wish to see that form of content material, and that’s cool as a result of they don’t know any higher, however we’re not youngsters. Simply do higher, guys. Do higher than that.”
After Grosjean’s crash, Ricciardo voiced his considerations to F1 and when requested by RACER if he could be doing equally after his newest feedback, he admitted he wished he’d used totally different language.
“I definitely should be higher with my alternative of phrases. If I may take that quote again, I’d. It was too aggressive. I ought to know higher as nicely, being within the sport so long as I’ve. And even when I really feel on the time that it may be out of context, I do know that it’s going to get pushed. So I ought to do higher with that.
“Taking that direct remark away from it, I suppose what I’m making an attempt to get at is that I really feel like…final 12 months for example. I felt final 12 months was such an incredible 12 months for F1. There have been so many alternative podium getters, there have been quite a lot of thrilling races. I definitely wouldn’t put it below a boring season.
“I simply felt like there was most likely extra room to reveal the highs of the game. And the good achievements of quite a lot of particular person drivers and particular person performances, some spectacular overtakes — I felt that there have been higher tales to be informed, versus simply crashes. That is clearly my opinion however I really feel that our sport is healthier than that. I really feel that we’re higher than simply exhibiting crashes.
“Whether or not it’s different classes or varieties of sports activities or disciplines to indicate I’d say that stage of highlights, I really feel that we’re above that. I really feel that we’re probably the most proficient drivers on the planet, and we’re driving these wonderful automobiles. So usually a crash is exhibiting much less of our skills.
“I really feel it’s most likely the way in which the game is perceived, and we’re perceived as drivers. We completely make errors however I’d most likely spotlight the highs extra if I had artistic management. I don’t know if each different driver appears like that, however clearly it’s how I really feel. I’ve apologized, however I’d take again at the very least the language from these feedback. That was general my opinion of what I’d do if I had an opportunity to direct it a bit bit.”
