© XPB  Phillip van Osten 18/03/2019 at 12:1418/03/2019 at 11:32 Renault's Cyril Abiteboul said the debut in Melbourne of its star driver Daniel Ricciardo was a "weekend of lows" capped by the Aussie's "strange" incident at the start of Sunday's race. Ricciardo launched his race from outside the top-ten, just behind team mate Nico Hulkenberg. But on the congested run down to Turn 1 Renault's new recruit ventured out on the grass where he was caught out by a ditch, a move that instantly destroyed the R.S.19's front wing and inflicted damage that would later trigger his early retirement. Drained Ricciardo left gutted by 'unlucky' start to 2019 Abiteboul was a...
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