Daniel Ricciardo can have a three-place grid drop for his McLaren farewell in Abu Dhabi subsequent weekend after he collided with Haas driver Kevin Magnussen on the opening lap in Brazil on Sunday.
Stewards deemed the 33-year-old Australian was “wholly guilty” for the incident at Interlagos and in addition dished out two penalty factors to take his tally to eight for the 12-month interval.
“Ricciardo defined that in his view, he had slowed sufficiently that he was not going to collide with Magnussen and that he barely misjudged it,” they mentioned in a press release.
Ricciardo retired on the spot and McLaren group mate Lando Norris additionally failed to complete, leaving the group 19 factors behind Renault-owned Alpine within the battle for fourth place within the championship and solely Abu Dhabi remaining.
“I feel the most important disappointment is that it was such a small contact however it had huge penalties,” mentioned Ricciardo, who apologised to the group.
“I really feel most occasions, a small contact like that, you may get away with it. So it was fairly unlucky for each of us,” added the Australian, who has no race seat lined up for subsequent season.
