Ricciardo 'apologises' for his sharp words

"F*cking idiots"

The McLaren driver called the people behind Formula 1 's social media "f*cking idiots" in a recent interview. Only to explain afterwards that it's not a good example for young and old alike. The choice of words exactly reflected his frustration, but he has now come back to it somewhat. At Thursday's press conference he will show his self-reflective ability.

The Australian says quoted by Motorsport.com: "I've certainly got to be better with my choice of words. If I could take that quote back, I would. It was too aggressive. I should know better being in the sport as long as I have. And even if I feel at the time it might be out of context, that it's going to get pushed, I should do better than that."

Crashing is not a talent

He also goes into some detail about how things could be better from a social media perspective. "I think taking that direct comment away from it, what I'm trying to get at, I feel like last year was such an amazing example for F1, there were so many different podium getters, a lot of exciting races," added Ricciardo. "I certainly wouldn't put it under a boring season. I just felt there was more room to expose the highs of the sport.

"I felt there were better stories to be told as opposed to just crashes, and this is obviously my opinion, but I feel our sport is better than that. I feel we're better than just showing crashes. We're above that. We're the most talented drivers in the world and we're driving these amazing cars. Normally a crash is showing less of our talents."

And with that, of course, Ricciardo is more than right, but crashes are part and parcel of life and again shouldn't be ignored.