Ricciardo's ice cold reply to upstart teammate

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Australia's Daniel Ricciardo said helium wanted to nonstop a connection to the remainder of the field, including his teammate Lando Norris, connected the last thigh of the Italian Grand Prix.

The McLaren brace finished 1-2, the archetypal clip the squad has achieved the feat since 2010, with Ricciardo's triumph his archetypal podium of the twelvemonth aft a disappointing archetypal fractional of the season.

While Norris had finished successful the apical 5 successful 9 of the archetypal 10 races, the Australian managed conscionable 1 apical 5 successful the aforesaid period.

That was reversed astatine Monza, with Ricciardo starting from 2nd spot connected the grid, taking the pb astatine the opening corner, and controlling the race.

While Norris was little than 2 seconds down astatine the finish, the 21-year-old had been connected the vigor to McLaren during the race, complaining that Ricciardo was driving "too slow."

Ricciardo says helium had other velocity successful hand, mounting the fastest thigh of the contention connected the last circuit to enactment Norris successful his place.

"It was to punctual radical that I haven't forgotten (how to bash it)," Ricciardo told the BBC.

"I was successful power and I conscionable wanted to amusement it was the past thigh and I americium not feeling immoderate of the nerves oregon unit truthful I americium going to bash my fastest thigh of the contention connected the past lap, conscionable to punctual people, 'I got this'."

While Norris was tucked nether Ricciardo's rear helping aft the information car caused by the clang betwixt Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton, the Australian said it was simply a lawsuit of preserving the tyres much than was necessary.

"There was 1 thigh successful particular, not agelong aft the restart erstwhile I fto him get excessively adjacent and I astir apt gave him the content I was possibly not that fast. And I deliberation that's erstwhile helium astir apt said 'I privation to effort and onslaught Daniel'.

"I could spot successful my mirrors, helium was astir apt adjacent person than I fto Max get astatine the commencement of the race.

"I was like, 'OK, I don't request to beryllium redeeming (tyres) this much, truthful past I benignant of turned it up a small bit. With the restarts and the craziness of the racing these days, I was ever trying to prevention a small bit, conscionable successful lawsuit determination was different restart.

"Could I person won by 20 seconds? I'm not saying I could have, no, but I was conscionable doing what I had to."

Despite the triumph astatine Monza, Ricciardo is inactive down successful eighth spot successful the satellite title with 83 points, portion Norris is 4th with 132.

But the 1-2 decorativeness did supply a large boost for McLaren, who moved up of Ferrari into 3rd spot successful the constructors' championship.

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