Daniel Ricciardo's Mexico City Grand Prix was efficaciously implicit by the archetypal corner, aft the Australian triggered a clang that besides took retired pole-sitter Valtteri Bottas.
Ricciardo made a fantastic commencement from seventh connected the grid, and looked acceptable to slot into 4th place.
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The leaders, Bottas, Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen, were three-abreast arsenic they started to brake for the archetypal corner, with Ricciardo going down the wrong of Sergio Perez instantly down them.
But the Australian locked his close beforehand instrumentality connected the soiled line, and arsenic Bottas turned in, the McLaren's near beforehand tagged Bottas' close rear.
That spun the Mercedes around, and ripped disconnected the Australian's beforehand wing.
A punishment for Ricciardo wouldn't person been a surprise, however, the stewards decided not analyse the incident, deeming it a racing accident.
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Ricciardo was besides deed from down aboriginal successful the lap, arsenic helium attempted to limp backmost to the pits.
He yet did so, arsenic did Bottas, with the brace rejoining astatine the backmost of the field.
From determination it was a miserable contention for Ricciardo, who had to pit a 2nd clip for caller tyres, yet finishing successful 12th place.
The contention was tally by Verstappen, from Hamilton and Perez.
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