Daniel Ricciardo sends post-surgery update from hospital bed after F1 Dutch Grand Prix injury
"Hey everyone," he posted to social media.
"Had surgery thꦚis morning, got my first bit of meꦐtal work so that’s pretty cool.
"Big thanks to everyone who reached out and kept my spirits up. This ain’t a setback, just all part𓂃 of the comeback."
Ricciardo had surgery on a "clean break" to❀ his hand, as Red Bull team principal Christian Horner described it.
The inj🐬ury was sustained when the AlphaTauri driver during Friday practice.
It mean﷽s he has completed just two grands prix 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 adꦜded: "it’s all about the 🧔recuperation and how long that takes.
"Any normal human bein🔯g would 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 si꧑x weeks? Nobody really knows.”
James wa༒s a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
