Daniel Ricciardo apologises after calling Yuki Tsunoda a ‘f***ing helmet’ [Video]

Daniel Ricciardo says he has ‘cleared the air’ with Yuki Tsunoda after he called his RB teammate a ‘f***ing helmet’ during the Bahrain Grand Prix.

Red Bull’s sister team went into the 2024 season opener last weekend as dark horses after promising results in testing but ultimately both cars finished outside of the points.

Toward the end of the race, Ricciardo found himself behind Tsunoda who was chasing Kevin Magnussen in 12th place but struggling to find a way past the Haas.

RB instructed the Japanese driver to let his teammate, who was on fresher tyres, past so he could have a go at overtaking Magnussen, and after angrily arguing on the radio eventually complied.

Ricciardo failed to get the move done and did not let Tsunoda back past before the chequered flag as is convention in these scenarios, leaving the latter furious and in retaliation he overtook him on the cooldown …