After Daniel Ricciardo broke his arm during the 2023 Dutch Grand Prix, he came in contact with a doctor where he got to know about the toughness of the Moto GP riders. He exclaimed that they were not humans while he was in the hospital, busy making the doctors and nurses laugh with his impulsive questions.
As reported by FormulaPassion, Ricciardo said when the doctor Xavier Mir spoke to him about the toughness of the riders who usually come to him for recovery. Hearing them, the Honey Badger said with surprise, “Oh, F1, MotoGP, they are the same: they are not human, they don’t feel pain.”
Daniel Ricciardo reflects on his FP2 incident that led to his hand-breaking injury
We hope to see you back soon, @danielricciardo ❤️#DutchGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/UAeI6ngHYL
— Formula 1 (@F1) August 26, 2023
However, the Honey Badger revealed that he is not the same and he feels pain. “I think they thought I was as tough as a MotoGP rider. But I’m not,” he further added. Notably, the AlphaTauri driver reached Dr. Mir through Lance Stroll and Jose, one of Ricciardo’s friends who works in Alpine.
Interestingly, this was the same doctor who nursed Stroll when the Aston Martin driver injured himself at the beginning of the 2023 F1 season. Mir works as an important doctor for Moto GP riders and has been doing the same for a long time now.
Daniel Ricciardo and his injury story
As Daniel Ricciardo reached out to Dr. Xavier Mir for recovery, he came to know about the toughness of the MotoGP riders. Upon hearing them, Ricciardo freaked out and said that he felt the pain and that under certain conditions, he would cry for the next two days at the hospital.
Notably, the 34-year-old had fractures in eight places and it took a while for him to recover from this. In his healing process, Ricciardo missed out on the Dutch GP and was not available till the Qatar GP.
Looking forward to returning home https://t.co/cT3yFUXBhz
— Daniel Ricciardo (@danielricciardo) November 23, 2022
Ricciardo broke his wrist during the Free Practice of the Zandvoort race. His absence meant Liam Lawson got the surprising chance in AlphaTauri where he impressed the top officials at Red Bull Racing.
All in all, the 2023 F1 season saw the redemption of Daniel Ricciardo where he went without a seat from McLaren and then rejoined Red Bull as their reserve driver. In the end, he was given the chance to replace Nyck de Vries at AlphaTauri.
