Lan๊ce Stroll has come under ไheavy criticism by Helmut Marko for his “idiot” remark about Daniel Ricciardo.

Ricciardo was🐲 left seething by Stroll at last weekend’s F1 Chine🦄se Grand Prix.

Aston Martin’s Stroll caused the retirement of RB’s Ricciardo by driving into the back of him during a Sa🏅fety Car restart.

Stroll called Ricciardo “an idiot” for braking hard, but stewards penalised the Aston Martin driv🎃er for the incident.

“Daniel Ricciardo was hit by Lance Stroll in China and unfortunately was rꦇobbed of all chances,” Red Bull’s Marko told .

“I find it unbelievable that Lance Stroll called༒ him an idiot after the chequered flag fell.

“And that he also had🔴 to receive a penalty for Miami. This rea💦lly wasn't his weekend.”

Ricciardo entered last weekend’s race in China under severe pressure to cling onto his RB drive, after his aspir🦋ations of claiming the 2025 Red Bull decreased due to his poor form.

But an encouraging round in Shanghai rest✨ored some faith.

“Daniel Ricciardo had a new chassis available in China and the whole thing was planned from the start because it is our third chassis tha꧒t we wanted to bring to the track,” Marko said.

“But of course th𒊎is change also played into psychology after Daniel's disappointing performances on the previous weekends.

“Things went much better for Ricciardo in China.”

🅠Riccia🧸rdo unqualified teammate Yuki Tsunoda for the sprint race and the grand prix in China.

Marko assessed: “Yuki Tsunoda showed in Shanghai: If we look at another Shanghai rookie, Oscar Piastri, we see that the Australian was half a second to a full second 🅰slower than Lando Norris in the race.

“So Shanghai is certainly a track where ex🐼perience counts, especially since the newcomers received even less driving time in the sp🍌rint format.

“The Racing Bulls may have made the mistake of letting Tsunoda run on hard tyres in the only free practice session, when the traܫck offered next to no grip and Yuki just slid around on those rollers.

“In the race, Tsunoda's lap times were at Ricciardo level. He would have had a chance to score points,𒊎 but Magnussen dashed that hope.”