Ricciardo partly responsible for slow F1 pitstop at Russian GP | F1

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Ricciardo was third after George Russell and Lance Stroll quickly switched to hard tires.

As Mercedes looked set to stop Hamilton, who was running directly behind Ricciardo, McLaren fell in love with the model and pitted him on lap 23 in an attempt to cover the clearance.

An extended stoppage cost Ricciardo a lot of time and he revealed that it was partly due to his own mistake.

I don’t know, Ricciardo replied when asked if his slow stop cost him a podium in Sochi. This is something that we will be looking at. I took some of the blame because I stopped for a bit long. I could see that the mechanics had to readjust, so it sure took me a little while.

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It looked like they were slow up front but maybe if I stop properly we won’t have this problem. On the hard side, the pace was good and I passed Russell quite quickly. Once I got close to Carlos we started killing the tires. In the end, it’s fine and it will take the points.

Ricciardo has continued his solid run in form since the summer break, building on his victory last time around.

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The Australian is always looking to find further improvements after struggling with poor pace at times.

For the team, performance is encouraged, added Ricciardo. There could have been more points today, but keep watching it. Personally for me, some times were good and others not. So I am always eager to find speed in the car. It wasn’t as comfortable a weekend as Monza, so a bit trickier, and we were a bit compromised with Friday, and we never got over it. So I will try to continue working on it.

That’s good points. There are still things that I want to watch rhythmically. There were times when I felt good, but the lap times were still not good, so I want to investigate what is going on a bit. The points today are good but with the mediocre pace, there are still some things missing. So we will try to understand this.

McLaren is third in the Constructors’ Championship, 17.5 points ahead of Ferrari with seven rounds to go.

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