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Daniel Ricciardo Breaks Wrist in Bizarre F1 Crash

zandvoort, netherlands august 25 daniel ricciardo of australia and scuderia alphatauri walks from his car after crashing during practice ahead of the f1 grand prix of the netherlands at circuit zandvoort on august 25, 2023 in zandvoort, netherlands photo by lars barongetty images
Daniel Ricciardo Breaks Wrist in Bizarre F1 CrashLars Baron

Oscar Piastri stuffed his McLaren into the barriers around Zandvoort's banked left-hander during Free Practice 2 on Friday ahead of this weekend's Dutch Grand Prix. Moments later, Daniel Ricciardo crashed just behind him, and broke his wrist in the process. It is a tough setback for a driver making his comeback into F1.

You can see the full double-wreck here on F1's FP2 highlights video. It's strange that the two drivers would crash at the same spot in the same corner at the same time, but F1 is full of strange circumstances: