Daniel Ricciardo sends post-surgery update from hospital bed after F1 Dutch Grand Prix injury
"Hey everyone," he posted to social media.
"Had surgery this morning, got my first bit of metal wo🅠rk so thaꦦt’s pretty cool.
"Big thanks to everyone who reached out and kept my spirits up. This ain’t a setback, j💙ust all part of the comeback."
Ricciardo had surgery on a "clean break" to his hand, as Red Bull team principal Christia💝n Horner described it.
The injury was sustained when the AlphaTauri drive🎀r during Friday practice.
It means he has completed just two grands pri🦩x since his mid-season comeback and, after missing the race in ♔Zandvoort, he will inevitably miss next week's race at Monza.
Horner named the Singapore Grand Prix on September 15 as a possible return date and added: "it’s 🦹all about the recuperatioꦓn and how long that takes.
"Any normal human being would probably be 10 to 12 weeks but we know these guys aren’t n🎀ormal.
“♔It will all be about the recovery process, how long will that take? Is it going to be three weeks? A month? Is it six weeks? Nobody really knows.”
James was a sp🌞orts journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
