In the wake of Sebastian Vettel’s expletive laden radio tantrum late in the Mexican Grand Prix, former Red Bull teammate Daniel Ricciardo believes frustration at Ferrari triggered the German’s anger.
Speaking after being promoted to third in the race at Autodromo Hermoanso Rodricuez, Ricciardo told ESPN, “I definitely sense he’s been more frustrated this year. He’s shown it in the past that he can be quite emotional, but this year it seems to be a bit more.”
“I think he’s obviously a bit frustrated with how the season has gone and he probably thought they had a chance to fight Mercedes and it hasn’t worked like that. We’ve seen him get frustrated by some things in the past, but it’s probably been a bit more uncharacteristic this year and probably been a bit too much.”
At the same time the Australian understands the temptation drivers have to vent their anger over the team radio while racing, “In the moment it’s easy just to press that radio button and say a whole load of things, but we all know that it can get broadcast.”
“Trust me, I would say twice as much, but I tend to say a few things to myself and then press the radio button. There is a lot which from one side you need to say ‘heat of the moment’, you have to be a bit lenient with it.”
“But if your instinct is to hit the radio button and start spurting a whole lot of stuff, you have to be more sensible than that.”
“You don’t need to broadcast it, you can swear in your helmet and then speak your mind more relaxed a few moments later,” added Ricciardo.
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