THIRD DANIEL RICCIARDO
To be honest, my start sounded similar to Lewis’s. It felt
like the first part of the launch was OK. The guy closest to
me was Max. That first part looked competitive, relative
to him and probably Kimi in front and then that second
phase, pic ked up some wheelspin and we all kind... it felt
like we all slipped behind each other and then tried to get
a tow down to turn one. I remember kind of looking at the
inside and let’s say committed to that line but then there
was I think three abreast in front of me so there wasn’t
really much I could do and from memory, I think Max kind
of went from inside-ish to the near outside and I think
tried to go around them and I think just three into there...
they all tried to outbrake each other from what I could
see so then there was that contact. I guess Kimi and Max
made more contact and then they went off then I slipped
into fourth. From that point on, I could see, I think, Kimi... I
realised Kimi was out of the race quite early. I wasn’t sure
where Max was but obviously I realised my position there
was probably going to be a lonely one for the next 66 laps
and the fourth turned into third with Valtteri’s - I guess -
mechanical. As I said on the in lap, obviously we’ll take
what we can for now and that was pretty much it.