Daniel Ricciardo raced with a considerably broken automobile on his McLaren debut in Bahrain final weekend, the Components One group mentioned on Tuesday.
The Australian, who moved from Renault on the finish of final season, completed seventh on the Sakhir circuit after qualifying sixth.
“Submit-race we discovered harm to Daniel’s ground from the impression of Pierre (Gasly) working into the again of his automobile in the beginning of the race,” mentioned group principal Andreas Seidl.
“The extent of injury value a substantial quantity of downforce. Regardless of the efficiency loss Daniel used his expertise to deal with the problems and rating necessary factors for the group.”
British group mate Lando Norris completed fourth within the race with McLaren third within the constructors’ standings.