McLaren apologises to Ricciardo as power loss ruins his race in Austria

McLaren F1 team boss Andreas Seidl has apologised to Daniel Ricciardo after a power failure cost him valuable positions in the Styrian Grand Prix.

Daniel Ricciardo prepares for the Styrian Grand Prix. (Supplied)

"We still end the weekend with some mixed feelings as today felt like a little bit of a missed opportunity," said Seidl.

"Daniel had a great start from P13 to P9 in the early stages, but then a temporary loss of power meant four cars overtook him, which pretty much ended his race."

"Daniel, sorry for that."

Ricciardo remained optimistic after starting and finishing thirteenth, despite running as high as ninth during the race.

“The start was great, we got up to ninth, put ourselves in a really good position on the medium tyre and the race was looking up from there, and then we lost power."

Daniel Ricciardo on-track during the Styrian Grand Prix. (Supplied)

The Australian was able to recover from the power failure, but after losing four positions in succession, his race was effectively over.

"We were able to fix it on the steering wheel, but everything we gained, we then lost, and we were back where we started."

"After that, it was difficult to make moves being in dirty air."

Teammate Lando Norris was able to convert his third-place start into a fifth place finish, something that Ricciardo says was within his reach.

"I feel we should've been fifth and sixth again today as we were last week."

"We’ll reset over the next few days and come back again and make it happen next week – hopefully our luck turns.”

Lando Norris faces off against Sergio Perez at the Red Bull Ring (Supplied)

Norris appeared to allow front-runners Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas pass once the team realised they would not be able to compete, something Seidl confirmed after the race.

"In the initial laps we tried to stay ahead of Checo and Valtteri, but then we focused on our own race, making sure we finished ahead of our championship rivals."

Max Verstappen won the Grand Prix with a confident lead ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Valtterri Bottas.