[Chris Medland] OFFICIAL: Daniel Ricciardo replaces Nyck de Vries at AlphaTauri with immediate effect. Officially "on loan" from Red Bull - eviltoast
  • koolkiwi@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Don’t underperform in a team that Helmut Marko controls :D This is gonna be interesting for both Danny and Yuki. If Danny is shit again then that’s likely his F1 days numbered. And if Yuki doesn’t outperform a Driver with two horrible seasons and a half one out of practice, that’s not a great look either.

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      1 year ago

      Not only for Danny and Yuki. For Checo as well. They’ve put a lot of pressure on Perez as well with their driver on loan construction and statements about his excellent on front times. Timing otherwise is a bit strange.

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    1 year ago

    Makes sense to get some data on Ricciardo vs Tsunoda if they are thinking about replacing Perez.

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    1 year ago

    F1 on Twitter is brutal imo, 12 tweets about that Daniël is back. Only in the “breaking tweet” mentioning he is replacing Nyck. I feel bad for Nyck.

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      Even on the announcement on Formula 1 they said one sentence that Nyck was being replaced and the entire rest of the article his name wasn’t even mentioned anymore.

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    As ruthless as Red Bull can be, I didn’t think this would actually happen. AT doesn’t seem to be enough of a priority for RB anymore to get this panicky about poor driver performance. Maybe this is less about Nyck underperforming at AT and more about freeing up a seat to start auditioning replacements for Perez.

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      Helmut has been very vocal lately about his desire to fix AT so it’s not a shitbox at the back of the grid with the haas

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    1 year ago

    Didn’t even make it the whole season. God damn.

    Crossing my fingers for Danny and worried about Checo.

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      It really starts to feel like Checo is a glorified seat warmer for Ricci.

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        Checo has these moments of brilliance, and usually under the biggest pressure. But he just doesn’t have the consistency he needs to be WDC. I know that the comparison is a tall one, but being partnered with a guy like Max who’s at his peak really highlights all of Checo’s flaws.

        If Checo was the lead driver and Max wasn’t in the game, I think Checo could take WDC this year, but it would be a hard fought win, nothing like this run away dominance we’re seeing with Max.

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    Hopefully the magic is back and we can get him in the Bull next year! If he at least beats Yuki and scores some points I feel like Checo is going to shit house sized bricks

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    I did not expect Danny to step in halfway the season. I did not see that coming.

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    This seems like a way to see who can replace Checo if he continues this awful run of form. I don’t see Yuki as deserving of a top seat, so Ric has a golden opportunity to get back into a top car if he performs well.

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      The car is total shite, we saw what he could do in a Williams and that car is better than the AT this yea. I think it’s harsh but I guess that’s F1

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        But what did he actually do in the Williams? He drove a clean race on a track with 7(?) real corners in a car that naturally would have performed well at the track. It was a great job for just getting in the car, but it didn’t show anything special.