Daniel Ricciardo facing possible surgery on broken wrist after F1 crash

Daniel Ricciardo may need surgery on his broken wrist, according to Red Bull team principal Christian Horner.

Key points:Daniel Ricciardo has gone to Barcelona for treatment on his broken wristThe Australian suffered the injury after a crash during practice in the NetherlandsNew Zealand driver Liam Lawson has replaced Ricciardo for this Sunday's race

Ricciardo, who drives for Red Bull's secondary team AlphaTauri, broke his wrist after crashing into the barrier during second practice at Zandvoort in the Netherlands on Friday.

The Australian was ruled out of Sunday's Dutch Grand Prix, but he could miss more races.

"He's headed off today to Barcelona, they may even have a little operation on him tomorrow to just tidy up where that break is. It's quite a clean break," Horner told the UK's Sky Sports.

"Then of course it's all about the recuperation and how long that takes. Any normal human being would probably be about 10-12 weeks but we know that these guys aren't normal.

"So it will all be about the recovery process — how long that will take. Is it going to be three weeks, is it a month, is it six weeks? Nobody really knows."

Ricciardo was not racing at the start of the season, instead being Red Bull's reserve driver behind Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez.

The Australian drove the last two races before the mid-year break, after replacing Dutchman Nick De Vries for AlphaTauri.

New Zealand driver Liam Lawson has taken Ricciardo's seat for Sunday's Dutch Grand Prix.