Ricciardo was in contention for a top 10 spot at the Circuit of the Americas but started to tumble ꧒down the order midway through the racꦬe.

The Australian was overtaken by the Haas of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nico Hulkenberg before making a late pit stop for fresh rubber to set the fastest lap - which was later beaten by AlphaTauri teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Yuki Tsunoda.

Speaking after t♛he race, Ricciardo blamed his “miserable” comeback on damage he sustained.

“We were 💮just limited with d൩amage, unfortunately,” Ricciardo.

“We picked up some damage very shortly after the hard be♊cause we lost a lot of pace very q🃏uickly.

“I told the team ‘♐Sorry guys, I’ve got nothing right now. I really can’t dﷺo anything’.

“They said that it looked like we’ve lost somet𝓰hing, and then they said, ‘Yeah, there’s damage to somewhere on the front of the car’. I guess it was debris.

“They mentioned (Lance) Stroll. I think we got close, but I don’t think we touched, so I think we must have picked up some debris somewhere, and๊ that made our race a pretty miserable one.

“I won’t lie, we’re at best a top-10 car but when you add damage into it, we are certain🐓ly out of the points.”

It was Ricciardo’s first back afte🐽r he inju൩red his wrist at the Dutch Grand Prix.

He admitted it was a “tough race” physically but “sti🍷ll felt okay𝓰”.

“I felt probably worse yesterday (after the sprint) than today – I say worse but I w♛as obviously still okay,” Ricciardo added.

“But I f❀elt like I got out of the car probably sweating more, so maybe that was ju🍷st a good little warm-up for me.

“There are 🅠positives. The hand is no excuse, that was good, and we did well with the timing of the return, to kind of have no hesitations or excuses.

“Physically, it’s defi▨nitely a tough r♏ace and I still felt okay.”