Daniel Ricciardo admitted it took "a few days" to calm down after losing victory at the Monaco Grand Prix but has reiterated his faith in Red Bull going forward.
Ricciardo was furious with his team in Monte Carlo after a botched pit stop, where Red Bull did not have the tyres ready, dropped him below Lewis Hamilton in a race he had been comfortably leading early on. It was the pivotal moment in the grand prix and meant Ricciardo had to settle for second despite a dominant weekend which had seen him claim a maiden pole position.
Ahead of this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix the Australian revealed he did not speak to the team for a few days in a bid to clear his head.
"After Monaco, I was happy to keep some distance for a few days and, for myself as well, I think it probably wasn't healthy to address it straight away," he said. "For sure, for a few days, I was upset I guess and obviously ruing some missed opportunities but its one of those things...
"It happens and it was unfortunate that it happened back-to-back and expanded the feelings and emotion a lot more but I've move on. I've obviously still got a lot of faith in the team and I don't doubt that things were done moving forward, but it's important for me, this weekend, to execute a perfect weekend from my side and the team's side and get back on track.
"Obviously, we've shown we've got a good car, good material, but it's just trying to maximise it. The last four weekends, I've left Sunday feeling like I should have got moreso, this weekend, it's really trying to leave Sunday knowing that we maximised everything from both sides."
When he did eventually speak to the team, Ricciardo received an apology from boss Christian Horner and an explanation of the new software Red Bull hopes will avoid a repeat in the future.
"It was all over the phone. I let it cool a couple of days, then I spoke to Christian, spoke to my engineer [Simon Rennie] and obviously Christian just explained, apologised on everyone's behalf and just explained what went down, the reasons why there was confusion and why obviously the tyres weren't ready and this and that.
"That was really the phone call with Christian and then I spoke to Simon, my engineer, and that was later in the week, once they'd got a chance to spend some days in the factory and basically just to hear what they'd put in place. It was just to get some clarity on everything and there's going to be some new software that they've put in for strategy now and some live stuff during the race that can make us more prepared and, if there are some late calls again, that everything is put in place.
"I had plenty of questions to ask, but they answered them with confidence and that's all I needed to hear."