How Ricciardo turned it around

He stood alone in the gathering darkness. All his peers had long since departed, off to debrief and then enjoy an early night ahead of Formula 1’s second sprint-race experience, or perhaps sample what delights of Monza and Milan they could within the current COVID-19 restrictions.

But Daniel Ricciardo was still chatting away. Autosport was alone too, standing in the Monza media zone beside the TV pen where Ricciardo was finishing up. Enquiring eyebrows and a small wave towards Ricciardo’s McLaren press attache and then