Daniel Ricciardo and Yuki Tsunoda, two F1 RB drivers within the Red Bull steady, are on a crash course for a showdown in Japan subsequent weekend. Tsunoda has out carried out the likeable Aussie at each race in 2024 to date. Not normally liberal along with his reward, Red Bull’s Dr. Helmut Marko has stated a number of instances in 2024 to date that Yuki Tsunoda is doing sufficient to maintain his place within the Red Bull ranks.
“Franz Tost and I have always believed in him,” he wrote in a Speed Week column. “His problems were always lack of control, outbursts and a tendency to make mistakes. But all of that has gone this season,” wrote the Austrian. The identical form of reward, nevertheless, shouldn’t be being directed at skilled F1 race winner Ricciardo, who at 34 was given one other probability to maintain his profession alive as one of many F1 RB drivers.
SHOWDOWN FOR F1 RB DRIVERS
“No, it’s not annoying,” the Australian stated when requested in regards to the lack of assist from Marko. “Obviously everyone’s talking positively when things go well, and they don’t talk so positively when they don’t. It’s just part of it,” stated Ricciardo.
However, the New Zealand Herald newspaper can also be reporting that Marko has instructed Ricciardo that his seat is barely assured for the following two races. These are Japan, the place Tsunoda could have home-town assist, and the Chinese GP in Beijing.
LIAM LAWSON RETURN
For Miami, Red Bull reserve driver Liam Lawson may bounce again into the race seat after impressing when Ricciardo was injured final 12 months. Rumours recommend the try and revive Ricciardo’s profession was really the brainchild of the embattled Red Bull crew boss Christian Horner.
“He’s a big boy,” Horner stated in Melbourne. “He’ll pick himself up. I think it’s still very early in the year to even be thinking about next year.” Ricciardo additionally has assist inside the Faenza-based RB ranks, together with crew CEO Peter Bayer. “Daniel found his pace again after qualifying. We believe that from now on we can rely on him and that he will understand the car more and more,” stated Bayer.
Bayer defined that Ricciardo’s present drawback is that the 2024 automobile is solely higher suited to Japanese Tsunoda’s driving model. “Yuki brakes later and harder. Therein lies the secret,” he stated. – with GMM.
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