Ricciardo surprised depressed Mexico comments were taken seriously

Daniel Ricciardo clarified his post-Mexican Grand Prix comments in which the Red Bull driver expressed his frustrations on the back of another retirement.

The Aussie, who had put himself on pole at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, was sidelined by a mechanical issue for the fourth time in seven races, a failure that stretched his emotions to the point where he saw no point in running in the last two races of the season.

In hindsight however, the Renault-bound driver is surprised his feelings were taken at face value, and felt compelled in Brazil to clarify his thoughts.

"I believe some people actually thought I might not come," he said.

"So I thought it was good – probably good for the mechanics as well to make sure they know what seat to put into the car – just to kind of let everyone know."

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Ricciardo revealed that his retirement from the US Grand Prix a week before Mexico had actually been a more painful blow.

"Honestly, I was more frustrated after Austin," he added.

"I invited my six closest friends to both races -- they flew halfway around the world and I retired twice. That felt bad.

"But I watched a baseball game at the hotel on Sunday night in Mexico and went to dinner with my buddies. The week after that we were in LA. So I was fine again."

The 28-year-old also set the record straight with regard to conspiracy theories about Red Bull having deliberately shut him out.

"It's just bad luck," he said.

"Last year it was just evenly distributed at least. Now it's all on me for some reason. But the boys still like me. That can't be it."

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