Daniel Ricciardo’s Chinese Grand Prix came to an early end Sunday, when his car suffered substantial floor damage as a result of an incident during a restart. As the grid wound back to the start/finish line to take the green flag, a lockup by Fernando Alonso set off a chain reaction behind him, that eventually saw fellow Aston Martin driver Lance Stroll drive into the back of Ricciardo’s RB01.
The contact lifted the back Ricciardo’s car into the air for a moment before it came crashing down to Earth. While Ricciardo tried to forge on, the damage was simply too much, and he was forced to retire the car.
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