Daniel Ricciardo, who finished seventh in today's French Grand Prix, was subsequently demoted to 11th after he was handed two separate time penalties for two incident late in the race. The first involved Lando Norris, who was under pressure from Ricciardo as he battled with a hydraulics issue. Ricciardo started to pass Norris on the outside at Turn 8. However, at the exit of the corner he distinctly left the track and the stewards determined that he re-joined at an angle that forced Norris off track in order to avoid a collision. The stewards accepted Ricciardo's explanation that when he was re-joining the track, he had slowed considerably, going down extra gears and locking up the front...
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