A post-Q2 radio message to Daniel Ricciardo from his engineer, after RB team-mate Yuki Tsunoda ensured his elimination, left the driver a little irked and those listening rather confused.

“If I was three kilos more, so 73kg, that would [add] about 0.1 of a second per lap. Six seconds over the course of a race can be three positions.” The extreme focus on weight means Daniel’s ...

Joseph Wolkin is a reporter who covers Nascar, Formula 1 and IndyCar. Daniel Ricciardo is full of smiles this fall. Not even a broken metacarpal in his left hand could keep him down for too long.