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 m🍸orning, got my fꦫirst bit of metal work so that’s pretty cool.
"Big thanks to everyone who reached out and kept my spirits up. This ain’t a setb🅺ack, just all part of the comeback."
Ricciardo had surgery on a "clean break" to his hand, as Red Bull team principal Christian Horner described ♎it.
🐠The injury was sustained when the AlphaTauri driver during Friday practice.
It means he has completed just two grands prix si🍸nce 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 Sep🎉tember 15 as a possible return date and added: "it’s all about the recuperation and how long that takes.
"Any nor🐷mal human being wou🦩ld probably be 10 to 12 weeks but we know these guys aren’t normal.
“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 sports journalis🤪t at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
