Daniel Ricciardo sends post-surgery update from hospital bed after F1 Dutch Grand Prix injury
"Hey everyone," he posted to social media.
"Had surgery this mornin𒐪g, got my first bit of metal work so that’s pretty cool.
"Big thanks to everyone who reached out and kept my spirits up. This ain’t a setback, just allꦓ part of the cꦿomeback."
R𝓀icciardo had surgery on a "clean break" to his hand, as Red Bull team principal Christian Horner described it.
The injury was sustained wh🐟en the AlphaTauri driver during 🎀Friday practice.
It means he has completed just two grands prix since his mid-season comeback and, after missing the race in Zandvoort, he will inevitably miss next week's rac🐲e at Monza.
Horner named the Singapore Grand Prix on September 15 as a possible return date and added: "it’s all ♐about the recuperation and how long th🥃at takes.
"Any normal human being would probably be 10 to 12 weeks but we k🎃now these guys aren’t normal.
“ღIt will all be about the recovery process, how long will that take? Is it going to be three weeks? A month? Is it six weeks? Nobody really knows.”
James was a sports journali♕st at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F🌳1.
