Daniel Ricciardo

[skwdenyer]

nnnitram said:

Yuki had mechanical damage, so Ricciardo's performance against him meant nothing. No thinking person considers a 15th place to be a good result for a mid field car.

Yuki didn't have mechanical damage during qualifying. The car didn't seem capable of great things at this circuit.

[PRO5T]

The only hope for Riciardo is that Horny has more clout than Marko.

[thegreenhell]

Haven't they previously said that Lawson's contract guarantees him a race seat next year, so they have to use him or lose him.

[thekingisdead]

That’s correct; it’s when, not if, Lawson gets a drive.
Deservedly so, imo.

[nordboy]

Forester1965 said:

You might be right. Marko has already said the decision to go for young drivers for RB has been made.

And as it's a feeder team, that should absolutely be how they decide the driver lineup at RB. Should always be younger drivers.

[Piginapoke]

I think the feeder team strategy changed when the team was going to be sold, but that’s all gone away now.

Ricciardo only had one job- to replace Perez. He’s not pulled up any trees, Perez is now resigned, so goodbye DR.

[Sandpit Steve]

thegreenhell said:

Haven't they previously said that Lawson's contract guarantees him a race seat next year, so they have to use him or lose him.

That makes sense, you can’t just leave the guy in limbo. If RB are not going to give him a drive, then someone else will,
If not in F1 then at least in Indycar, FE, or Hypercars. He’d be a good second seat at Audi, alongside Sainz or Bottas.

[Muzzer79]

Sandpit Steve said:

thegreenhell said:

Haven't they previously said that Lawson's contract guarantees him a race seat next year, so they have to use him or lose him.

That makes sense, you can’t just leave the guy in limbo. If RB are not going to give him a drive, then someone else will,
If not in F1 then at least in Indycar, FE, or Hypercars. He’d be a good second seat at Audi, alongside Sainz or Bottas.

If I were Audi, I'd want two experienced drivers to aid development and give a solid baseline.

Lawson has talent, but only a couple of GPs experience.

As for Ricciardo, it looks like he's out. I'd like to see him in Indycar next year, where I think he'd do very well. I think it's more likely he'd end up in WEC though....

[Zetec-S]

Piginapoke said:

Ricciardo only had one job- to replace Perez. He’s not pulled up any trees, Perez is now resigned, so goodbye DR.

100% this. He's blown his chance, if he'd spent the last year consistently outperforming Yuki he'd have been in the senior team. But for whatever reason he hasn't been able to.

Shame as I have nothing against the bloke, hopefully he gets a good opportunity in Indycar.

[rallycross]

sprint qualifying another terrible result, no idea if he had a problem but out in q1.

[Nickp82]

Yup, what seems to be a backward step with the car is compounding the issue now.

[thegreenhell]

One position and 0.024s behind his teammate in that session is terrible? No other teammate pairing was closer than that today, so I'd say nine other drivers had a comparatively worse day.

[skwdenyer]

rallycross said:

sprint qualifying another terrible result, no idea if he had a problem but out in q1.

So... in SQ1 Danny was less than 8 one hundredths behind Hamilton, who was 12th, and 0.024 behind Yuki.

I think the word "terrible" is a bit OTT, TBH.

Edited to fix my hundreds & thousands

Edited by skwdenyer on Saturday 29th June 04:50

[nnnitram]

Out in Q1 is out in Q1. There's no sugar coating it, even for you Ricciardomaniacs. And he absolutely was not "8 one thousandths behind Hamilton", that is just plain misinformation.

[skwdenyer]

nnnitram said:

Out in Q1 is out in Q1. There's no sugar coating it, even for you Ricciardomaniacs. And he absolutely was not "8 one thousandths behind Hamilton", that is just plain misinformation.

Sorry meant to say 8 one hundredths. Tiny margins. F1 has become phenomenally close.

[ajprice]

It is so close across the field, 0.367 covered 10th to 19th. DR does seem to get the stty end of the stick though.

[rallycross]

Such a short circuit the times are always so close here it’s almost like Brands hatch Indy circuit!

[Sandpit Steve]

rallycross said:

Such a short circuit the times are always so close here it’s almost like Brands hatch Indy circuit!

It’s the shortest lap time of the year, and the shortest lap distance bar Monaco (and that one-off Qatar short track they used in 2020).

[nnnitram]

Qualifying positions are discrete. The gap means nothing.

If Ricciardo wants to hide behind the "gap is so small" excuse, well bro just close the gap if it's so small.

[paulguitar]

nnnitram said:

The gap means nothing.

That's incorrect.

There would be a huge difference in significance if a driver was 0.4 off his teammate's pace, rather than a tiny amount.