Ricciardo apologises for Sainz crash at Imola as he opens up on ‘painful’ Emilia Romagna GP

After a breakthrough performance in Australia for McLaren, spirits were high heading into Imola – buoyed further when both their drivers ended up with third row starting slots for the Grand Prix. But while Lando Norris used that to springboard forward and take home the team’s first podium of the season, Daniel Ricciardo’s day was marred by a costly first lap incident.