DeVries OUT - Ricciardo IN
Discussion
Plenty of rumours around social media.
What's peoples thoughts??
Will it happen, or is it just rumour and gossip that will come to nothing??
https://www.planetf1.com/news/daniel-ricciardo-alp...
https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/formula-1/ricciardo...
What's peoples thoughts??
Will it happen, or is it just rumour and gossip that will come to nothing??
https://www.planetf1.com/news/daniel-ricciardo-alp...
https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/formula-1/ricciardo...
Personally think there's more chance of seeing Liam Lawson in that seat. The whole purpose of Alpha Tauri is to blood young drivers for Red Bull, there wouldn't be any benefit for either party if Ricciardo pottered around in P10 for the rest of the season. Ricciardo wants a top table team.
I think its a classic 2+2=5 story. Riccardo is the official reserve driver for both Red Bull and Alpha Tauri. Imola is coming up and the AT factory is close by. Makes perfect sense to pop in for a seat fitting in case he is needed.
Its probably also a good boot to kick De Vries with to try and get him to up his game.
Its probably also a good boot to kick De Vries with to try and get him to up his game.
Europa Jon said:
HardtopManual said:
Ricciardo's job is to stop Perez having thoughts about ignoring team orders and having a st-or-bust crack at the WDC.
A few years have passed, but isn't that the exact reason Daniel quit Red Bull for Renault?resolve10 said:
Personally think there's more chance of seeing Liam Lawson in that seat. The whole purpose of Alpha Tauri is to blood young drivers for Red Bull, there wouldn't be any benefit for either party if Ricciardo pottered around in P10 for the rest of the season. Ricciardo wants a top table team.
Ah, would love to see LL. He was severely screwed during F2 with team mistakes and other drivers.SteBrown91 said:
I think its a classic 2+2=5 story. Riccardo is the official reserve driver for both Red Bull and Alpha Tauri. Imola is coming up and the AT factory is close by. Makes perfect sense to pop in for a seat fitting in case he is needed.
Its probably also a good boot to kick De Vries with to try and get him to up his game.
Except DR is not a reserve driver at all. He is the third (test) driver for Red Bull, Liam Lawson is one of the three reserve drivers. Alpha Tauri do not have a reserve driver of their own.Its probably also a good boot to kick De Vries with to try and get him to up his game.
MustangGT said:
Except DR is not a reserve driver at all. He is the third (test) driver for Red Bull, Liam Lawson is one of the three reserve drivers. Alpha Tauri do not have a reserve driver of their own.
Of those multiple 'reserve' drivers, only Lawson and Ricciardo have a full Super Licence, so they are the only ones who are really the reserves for the regular race drivers. As such DR is the nominated reserve for a handful of races while LL is unavailable when his commitments racing in Japanese Super Formula clash with F1 events. Imola this week is one such event.thegreenhell said:
MustangGT said:
Except DR is not a reserve driver at all. He is the third (test) driver for Red Bull, Liam Lawson is one of the three reserve drivers. Alpha Tauri do not have a reserve driver of their own.
Of those multiple 'reserve' drivers, only Lawson and Ricciardo have a full Super Licence, so they are the only ones who are really the reserves for the regular race drivers. As such DR is the nominated reserve for a handful of races while LL is unavailable when his commitments racing in Japanese Super Formula clash with F1 events. Imola this week is one such event.F1 teams turning out to be rather good at planning and logistics, isn’t really news though.
HardtopManual said:
Ricciardo's job is to stop Perez having thoughts about ignoring team orders and having a st-or-bust crack at the WDC.
100% this.I Said it when it first happened.
The car is so good they don't even need the old fast Daniel to at least play 2nd fiddle if perez throws a hissy fit.
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