Daniel Ricciardo, broken wrist and goodbye Gp

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Daniel Ricciardo injured

Daniel Ricciardo will not take to the post in F1's Dutch GP.

In fact, the Australian had to raise the white flag after Friday’s free practice in which he lost control of his AlphaTauri by crashing into the barriers at Turn 3 during the second free practice.

The former Red Bull driver, who immediately appeared very sore, went to the hospital, where an X-ray confirmed that he suffered a fracture in the metacarpal of his left hand.

Already chosen the replacement: it is Liam Lawson, a New Zealand talent who at 21 years old is preparing to make his debut in F1, although he has already driven in three free practice sessions in 2022.

In general, on Friday McLaren confirmed the great progress of the last races: in fact, Lando Norris è was the fastest in the second sesson of free practice.

These are all the times:

1. Lando Norris MCLAREN MERCEDES 1'11"330
2. Max Verstappen RED BULL HONDA RBPT 1'11"353
3. Alexander Albon WILLIAMS MERCEDES 1'11"599
4. Lewis Hamilton MERCEDES 1'11"638
5. Yuki Tsunoda ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT 1'11"720
6. Pierre Gasly ALPINE RENAULT 1'11"766
7. Sergio Perez RED BULL HONDA RBPT 1'11"817
8. Lance Stroll ASTON MARTIN MERCEDES 1'11"835
9. Valtteri Bottas ALFA ROMEO FERRARI 1'11"857
10. Fernando Alonso ASTON MARTIN MERCEDES 1'11"863
11. Charles Leclerc FERRARI 1'11"915
12. Logan Sargeant WILLIAMS MERCEDES 1'11"934
13. Esteban Ocon ALPINE RENAULT 1'12"001
14. George Russell MERCEDES 1'12"009
15. Zhou Guanyu ALFA ROMEO FERRARI 1'12"074
16. Carlos Sainz FERRARI 1'12"093
17. Kevin Magnussen HAAS FERRARI 1'12"404
18. Nico Hulkenberg HAAS FERRARI 1'12"693
19. Oscar Piastri MCLAREN MERCEDES 1'12"901
20. Daniel Ricciardo ALPHATAURI HONDA RBPT 1'13"096

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