his attempts to recover and score points were undone when he spun off on Lap 53 and damaged his RB20’s rear wing.
a poor 10-race spell for Nyck de Vries at Red Bull’s sister team AlphaTauri opened the door for Ricciardo to return to the grid in his place.
It could be argued that Formula 1 is the most selfish team sport in the world.
the fact that they did not means the team are happy with the result