Ricciardo “Tripping A Major Nutsack” After First Red Bull Front Row Lockout In 5 Years

Daniel Ricciardo took a somewhat surprising pole position for this weekend's Mexican Grand Prix and reacted in a way only Ricciardo could
Ricciardo “Tripping A Major Nutsack” After First Red Bull Front Row Lockout In 5 Years

Most of the time, a driver who takes pole position will react in a pretty similar way, usually by saying how happy they are and how good the car was to drive. Y’know, the slightly vanilla, PR-friendly stuff. Ricciardo isn’t most drivers, though. He took his second pole position of the year and his response was to say that he was “tripping a major nutsack” - whatever that means.

Ricciardo’s pole position was slightly unexpected, but not because he drives for Red Bull and 2018 has generally been a case of Mercedes versus Ferrari. No, the high altitude and thin air in Mexico City play havoc (in F1 terms) with the engine and aerodynamic performance, shuffling the traditional pecking order a little bit.

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(c) Red Bull Content Pool

The aero-heavy Red Bulls usually go well here and throughout practice, it was Max Verstappen who looked most likely to take pole. However, despite a monster first lap in the final part of qualifying which put him almost two-tenths clear of the rest, Ricciardo dragged a lap out of nowhere to pip his young teammate by just 0.026 seconds.

If Verstappen had managed pole then it would have been a big deal - not only would it have been his first pole position, but at 21 years and 28 days old he’d have taken the record for the youngest-ever pole-sitter in Formula 1 history, which is currently held by Sebastian Vettel. If Verstappen doesn’t take pole this season, he’ll be too old to grab the record by the time the 2019 season starts. With only two qualifying sessions left in 2018 (and at tracks where the normal order will be restored) that now looks incredibly unlikely to happen. It’s no wonder he was unhappy afterwards, describing the whole session as “crap.”

(c) Red Bull Content Pool
(c) Red Bull Content Pool

He’ll still line up second for the race, though, making it a Red Bull one-two on the grid for the first time since Vettel and Mark Webber did so at the 2013 United States Grand Prix - almost five years ago!

It’s likely they’ll both be doing battle for the win, too, leaving Lewis Hamilton and Vettel to scrap over the remaining podium place. Vettel will probably be hoping to for a bit of drama between the Bulls as he needs to win to have any hopes of keeping his championship chances alive. As for Hamilton? If he finishes seventh or higher then he’ll win his fifth world championship, regardless of what Vettel does.

Comments

Kenji (Oldsmobile Fan) (GoldWing Enthusiast) (wheel nut)

Bwoah, I was actually thinking that this season was definitely Ferrari vs Mercedes, it’s nice to see redbull get a chance.

10/27/2018 - 22:13 |
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They came out of nowhere with that Front row Lockout!

10/28/2018 - 08:43 |
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MFD 10

I think that Max was robbed a bit. He’s been quick all weekend and has put so much effort in only to be robbed at the end by his teammate.

10/27/2018 - 22:19 |
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In reply to by MFD 10

Well, given that Ricciardo’s been robbed 5 times in the last 10 races due to mechanical failures, you could say Ricciardo deserved this one just a little bit.

10/27/2018 - 22:21 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by MFD 10

Yes Max has been super fast all weekend, but that just proves the RB is well suited to the track and conditions. I’d hardly say Max was robbed, as that suggests Max was unfairly beaten. Ricciardo just drove better than him.

10/28/2018 - 00:11 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by MFD 10

Robbed? He was fairly beaten in the end. Thats the object of racing…

10/28/2018 - 00:22 |
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DL🏁

So happy to see more than 2 teams battling for the front row…

As much as I think Lewis deserves the title, I hope a miracle happens and the championship battle continues for one more race

10/28/2018 - 07:24 |
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675LT_ftw

Max’s reaction was so childish…

He could just be an adult about it all and try next weekend..

10/28/2018 - 14:24 |
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And he’s the one to call Vettel a child for incidents in the past that were HIS fault…

10/28/2018 - 17:33 |
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