Daniel Ricciardo has criticised the way Formula 1 continues to emphasise the use of crash footage across its social media channels. The new McLaren driver was left “disgusted” by F1’s decision to show replays of Romain Grosjean’s fiery crash at last year’s Bahrain Grand Prix, which he branded as being “completely disrespectful”. And now Ricciardo has taken aim at F1’s approach to focusing on crashes on its social media output. “I think last year, F1 put on their social channels, like, ‘top 10 moments of the year’ or something, and eight of the ten were crashes,” Ricciardo said in an interview with Square Mile. “I was just like, you guys are fucking idiots. Maybe...
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