McLaren and Ferrari closed the gap with their early-season upgrades.
Mario Andretti – the 1978 World Champion and father of team owner Michael – expressed renewed optimism that the team will soon find a way on to the grid.
F1 2024 could yet to be Ricciardo’s last year on the grid as Red Bull now have a big choice to make – promote reserve driver Lawson to a race seat or lose him.
Engineer: What I’ll say is we came P10 and we started right at the back with very little hope of getting anything out of this.