Ricciardo Hit With Damning Verdict After 'Amateur Mistake': 'Gone Before Miami'

"As soon as we go to Europe, he's gone after Miami. I mean that crash that happened in Suzuka, I did a lot of my racing in my junior years in Japan and I did Super Formula GT there, so I've raced at Suzuka loads of times."

"And that crash, it was almost like a complete lapse of concentration. At that point, if you come out of that first corner, you know you're going to have cars in your blind spot."

"There's a huge blind spot in a Formula 1 car anyway and if there's a car on your outside there, it doesn't really matter what happens because you're not going to be able to overtake the car in front."

"So, to swing across into [Alex] Albon like he did, it was an amateur mistake that you'd expect a Formula 4 driver to make."

"I was really surprised by that and you’ve seen nothing at the minute that’s convincing you that he deserves to stay in that seat over Liam Lawson."