Ricciardo admits to “race rust” on F1 return from injury

The Australian qualified his AlphaTauri an encouraging 11th for his first event since he injured his hand in a practice crash at the Dutch GP, and he eventually started 10th after George Russell was penalised.

However, he was shuffled down two places at the start and remained in 12th place for the duration.

“I would say there were definitely some pros and cons,” he said when asked by Autosport about his return.

“I think the pros were it was…