The march of Daniel Ricciardo of Formula 1 keeps giving the talk. The Australian driver left the RB team after the Singapore Grand Prix to make way for the New Zealander. Liam Lawsonwho will replace him until the end of the season to gain experience in the car.
This time, it is Christian Hornerteam manager Red Bull Racingwhich shed some light on the Australian’s controversial mid-season exit. On the F1 Nation podcast, Horner confirmed that the decision to part ways with Ricciardo had been made months ago and it was Helmut MarkoRed Bull sports advisor, who pulled the trigger to dump the driver.
“He [Ricciardo] The season started erratically, and the Miami GP was a weekend of two sides. On Friday and Saturday morning he was at an incredible level, and it looked like Daniel was defending himself against the Ferraris and performing above the car,” commented Horner.
“However, Saturday afternoon and Sunday are disastrous. So even in Barcelona, Helmut wanted him to get out of the car, and there was already a lot of pressure on him at that moment“, he assured in the podcast. “When it comes to Montreal, this is what is loved Jacques Villeneuve gave him batteries, making him suffer. That must have motivated him, because we saw how he drove the car last weekend. He had a great weekend, so I told him [a Ricciardo] to call Jacques every Grand Prix.”
However, Ricciardo’s irregularity marked Ricciardo’s fortunes within the team, ending his position after the Singapore Grand Prix and also his aspirations to take the position from Czech Perez. “All drivers are under pressure to perform, but the reason Daniel is in that car is to get back into a position where, ultimately, he’s there to take the baton in case of not performing Checo,” he. Horner said.
Until the end of the season, the RB team will have a Japanese Yuki Tsunoda and now with Liam Lawsonwho at 22 years of age will have the opportunity to carve out a suitable place for himself in F1 at the next Grand Prix of the season under the watch of Helmut Marko and Christian Horner.
Source: La Verdad
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