System One F1 – Dutch Grand Prix – Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands – August 24, 2023 AlphaTauri’s Daniel Ricciardo through the press convention forward of the Dutch Grand Prix REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq/File photograph
Daniel Ricciardo has flown to Barcelona for attainable surgical procedure after breaking his hand in Dutch Grand Prix observe and will miss a number of races, Crimson Bull boss Christian Horner stated on Saturday.
The skilled Australian, who had been getting ready for his third race with AlphaTauri after making a comeback as alternative for dropped Dutch driver Nyck de Vries, crashed in Friday’s second session at Zandvoort.
“He’s headed off immediately to Barcelona, they might also have a little operation on him tomorrow to only tidy up the place that break is,” Horner instructed Sky Sports activities tv of Ricciardo’s subsequent steps.
Barcelona-based MotoGP traumatology specialist Javier Mir is famend for his work and operated on Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll when the Canadian broke his wrists earlier than the beginning of the season.
Stroll was in a position to race in Bahrain two weeks later.
“It’s fairly a clear break after which in fact it’s all concerning the recuperation and the way lengthy that takes. Any regular human being would in all probability be about 10-12 weeks however we all know that these guys aren’t regular,” stated Horner.
“So it’ll all be concerning the restoration course of… Is it going to be three weeks, is it a month, is it six weeks? No one actually is aware of.”
Daniel Ricciardo displays on his FP2 incident that led to his hand-breaking damage
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The Italian Grand Prix at Monza would seem like a non-starter, coming the weekend after Zandvoort, with Singapore then on Sept. 17 and Japan on Sept. 24.
Ricciardo sat out the primary 10 races of the season after initially planning to take a 12 months out after an sad stint at McLaren however had stated on Thursday that he was re-energized and motivated once more.
“The factor he was most annoyed about speaking with him final night time was he’s simply taken a bunch of break day, simply obtained his mojo again, getting again into it and now he’s on the bench once more,” stated Horner.
“I’m positive in the back of his thoughts he’s in all probability obtained Singapore as a goal. However then once more Singapore’s in all probability one of many hardest circuits on the calendar. Nature will take its course.”
New Zealander Liam Lawson, the Crimson Bull-owned workforce’s official reserve, has been known as as much as exchange the eight-time Grand Prix winner and can make his F1 race debut on Sunday.
Lawson was 18th quickest in closing observe, bringing out crimson flags with a late spin, however Horner stated nothing needs to be learn into that.
“Not even a dry observe, horrible situations, a slippy circuit, a observe that bites if you happen to make a mistake,” stated the Briton.
“He seemed fairly wide-eyed final night time however I’ve to say I feel he’s accomplished a fairly mature job to this point. It’s simply seat time. He simply wants extra time within the seat and it will be unfair to evaluate him on this (observe).”
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