Toro Rosso’s Daniel Ricciardo allegedly called Lotus’ Romain Grosjean “an idiot” after the Frenchman ran into the back of the Australian in last weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix.
Grosjean hit Ricciardo on the 61st lap of the race, which saw the Toro Rosso retire from 13th place, and Grosjean awarded a 10-place grid penalty for the next race in Canada.
On his official Toro Rosso blog, Ricciardo praised the strength of the team’s STR8 chassis and said it will be fit to race for the next round.
However, he also revealed he called Grosjean “an idiot” in the stewards’ room after the incident.
"Sometimes when things like this happen, you want to blow off steam but by that point I really couldn't be bothered shouting and screaming at Grosjean.
It was a disappointing end to a deeply unsatisfying weekend and I didn't want to waste the energy yelling 'screw you, what the hell were you thinking?' I just said 'you're an idiot', and that was it.”
The accident was Grosjean’s third of the weekend, after he managed to shunt heavily in qualifying and Saturday morning’s free practice session.
Conversely, Ricciardo’s teammate, Jean-Eric Vergne, had an encouraging weekend in Monaco by finishing eighth.
Grosjean hit Ricciardo on the 61st lap of the race, which saw the Toro Rosso retire from 13th place, and Grosjean awarded a 10-place grid penalty for the next race in Canada.
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On his official Toro Rosso blog, Ricciardo praised the strength of the team’s STR8 chassis and said it will be fit to race for the next round.
However, he also revealed he called Grosjean “an idiot” in the stewards’ room after the incident.
"Sometimes when things like this happen, you want to blow off steam but by that point I really couldn't be bothered shouting and screaming at Grosjean.
It was a disappointing end to a deeply unsatisfying weekend and I didn't want to waste the energy yelling 'screw you, what the hell were you thinking?' I just said 'you're an idiot', and that was it.”
The accident was Grosjean’s third of the weekend, after he managed to shunt heavily in qualifying and Saturday morning’s free practice session.
Conversely, Ricciardo’s teammate, Jean-Eric Vergne, had an encouraging weekend in Monaco by finishing eighth.