Ricciardo fumes at

Australia’s Daniel Ricciardo mentioned the choice to point out quite a few replays of Romain Grosjean’s horrifying Bahrain Grand Prix crash was disgusting and utterly disrepecful.

Grosjean’s Haas split into two and burst into flames after his lap one accident, after he hit the barrier at 220kph.

The Frenchman was capable of escape the inferno comparatively unscathed. He is in hospital with minor burns, however there’s little doubt that before the introduction of the halo device in 2018 the end result would have been far worse.

The accident compelled an extended delay whereas the limitations had been rebuilt, throughout which Components One’s international feed confirmed quite a few replays of the accident, though nothing was proven till it was established that Grosjean was not critically injured.

Talking to Ziggo Sports activities after the race, Ricciardo made his emotions clear.

“I need to categorical my disgust and disappointment with Components One,” he mentioned.

“The best way the incident of Grosjean was broadcast time and again, the replays time and again, it was utterly disrespectful and thoughtless for his household, for all of our households watching.

“We will go race once more in an hour and each time we glance on the TV it is a ball of fireplace and his automobile’s lower in half. I imply we will see that tomorrow, we needn’t see it immediately.

“For me, it was leisure they usually’re taking part in with all of our feelings and I believed it was fairly disgusting. So hopefully another drivers have spoke up. But when that is not how all of us actually really feel then I might be very shocked.”

Ricciardo’s feedback had been backed up by Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas.

“When there’s a crash, when it finally ends up being OK for the drivers, they prefer to repeat these,” Bottas mentioned.

“I really feel like individuals, spectators need to see it. However there is a restrict as effectively.

“It might have been a fraction totally different, the shunt, and there would have been no method for him to get out of the automobile. So yeah, there is a restrict on it.

“I used to be watching the display as a result of I wished to see what occurred. As soon as I noticed it, I used to be attempting to keep away from it, nevertheless it was taking part in on replay all over the place.

“I do not know, perhaps it is a query for individuals watching, the followers, in the event that they need to see 20 repeats of that or not.”