Daniel Ricciardo cut a very despondent figure after retiring on just the second lap of Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix.
The Australian was tagging on to the leading trio in fourth before his Red Bull simply shut down on the exit of Turn 8, leading him to pull over to the side of the track.
It would come in a terrible minute for the team as Max Verstappen was also forced out after light contact with Lewis Hamilton in an attempted overtake at the start of the lap but it was Ricciardo left most disappointed upon his return to the paddock.
“We lost power, an electrical [problem],” he explained. “It was as if I had switched the car off, I had nothing.”
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On a weekend when speculation over his future is heightening with rumours Ferrari is now a likely destination for 2019, the 28-year-old admits it will take some time to forget this latest disappointment.
“Being out so early in a race, it is the worst feeling,” Ricciardo said. “You spend all day waiting for those two hours and after two minutes it is over.
“This sport can rip your heart out. It is brutal sometimes.”
