Great Britain: Problems multiply for Daniel at Silverstone

A failed DRS and a slow first pit stop, allied with a lack of pace, saw Daniel spend most of the British GP outside of the points.

Race data
Great Britain (Round 10 of 22), 3 July 2022
Silverstone, 52 laps, 5.891km
Qualified: 14th
Finished: 13th
Laps per position: 1 lap (9th), 9 laps (10th), 1 lap (11th), 6 laps (12th), 30 laps (13th), 5 laps (14th)
Pit stops/tyres: Lap 20 (medium/hard), lap 32 (hard/soft), lap 38 (soft/soft)
Fastest lap: 1:32.644 (11th, lap 34)
Points this event: 0
Points this season: 15 (14th in world championship)

Daniel's download
"I'm glad to hear the drivers are OK after that first lap incident, I'm happy to hear - especially Zhou (Guanyu) – that he's good.

"Our car didn't seem to work on grip like the others, I could feel it in the tyres. It was a bit strange, we'll have to look into it. Later we had problems with the DRS, I couldn't use it after lap 31 so we weren't quick.

“Obviously, it's tough to overtake with that as well – but simply we weren’t really quick enough anyway today. It was a bit of a lonely afternoon.

"I had zero pace today. To be honest, that was a little bit like Barcelona where I didn't seem to operate at the same level of grip as the cars around me, so a little bit confused by that. It's clear what I felt, but the reasons why ... not sure. Hopefully we find some answers because it's a quick turnaround to Austria."

How Daniel's race unfolded
* Qualified 14th, up to 10th when red flag thrown for accident involving Zhou/Alfa Romeo.
* Took restart in 14th, advanced to 13th past Magnussen/Haas on lap 6.
* Moved up to 10th on lap 11 after incident between Gasly/AlphaTauri and Tsunoda/AlphaTauri.
* Passed by Schumacher/Haas on lap 19, fell to 11th.
* Pitted on lap 20, re-joined in 13th.
* Pitted again on lap 32, fell to 14th.
* Advanced to 13th when Ocon/Alpine retired on lap 38 and pitted for soft tyres.
* Finished in 13th place after 52 laps, 32.817secs behind race-winner Sainz/Ferrari, 0.3secs behind Latifi/Williams in 12th and 8secs ahead of Tsunoda/AlphaTauri in 14th.

Next race
Round 11: Austria (Red Bull Ring), 10 July
Last race (2021): qualified 13th, finished 7th
Career: 10 races, 40 points, 1 podium, 6 points finishes
Best finish: 3rd (2017)
Red Bull Ring highlights: Finished inside the top 10 on his first four visits, including third from fourth on the grid in 2017 for Red Bull Racing. Has scored points from outside the top 10 on the grid on two occasions (2015, 2021).