Daniel Ricciardo was the driver of the day at the Mexican GP. He was one of the pilots who best chose strategy going from the medium tire to the soft one instead of the hard one, which made the McLaren will fly on the runway.
Despite having 10 second penalty for an incident with yuki tsunodathe Australian was faster than the rest and finished seventh even adding those 10 seconds of sanction.
Ricciardo began to climb positions after stopping in the pits and upon reaching Stephen Oconwho was running seventh at the time, the Australian made a very unusual gesture in the middle of the main straight.
He let go of the steering wheel with his right hand, make the gesture of a gun with your fingersdo what shot Fernando Alonso’s teammate and grab the steering wheel again, to moments later overtake him.
A detail that shows that Ricciardo was having a good time in that race, accustomed this season to suffer a lot and not be competitive. Everything indicates that Ricciardo to be Mercedes reserve driver in 2023 but in 2024 it could return to the grillthus taking a gap year.