Red Bull boss Christian Horner says Daniel Ricciardo’s victory in a “crazy” Azerbaijan made up for the frustration of Max Verstappen’s early retirement with an engine failure.
Ricciardo had to make a premature first pit stop to remove debris from a brake duct, and he subsequently drove from 17th to score a surprise victory.
“It was a total crazy race,” said Horner. “Looking back to the early part of the race, we obviously picked up a bit of debris with Daniel after the start, from the incident between Bottas and Raikkonen, that got stuck in his front-right brake duct.