Still waiting for an offical source

    • BabaDuda@lemmy.mlEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      Is he out out? Maybe he’ll be given the chance to do Zanvoort before it’s official

        • LCP@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6·
          1 year ago

          Oh man, they should at least let him do the home race. Narain Kartikeyan was replaced by … Daniel Ricciardo … at HRT during the 2011 season, but they at least let him take part in the inaugural Indian Grand Prix.

  • DreadPilotGagarin@feddit.ukEnglish
    15·
    1 year ago

    Well, unexpected, but not shocked. Some big questions come to mind immediately.

    • Do you think Nyck got a fair chance? He’s underperformed, but wasn’t given long
    • Will Ricciardo be able to get any results in that car? Has he gotten over the problems that led to his McLaren exit?
    • What could this mean for next year’s RB/AT lineups?
    • itsmikeyd@lemmy.mlMEnglish
      10·
      1 year ago

      Marko clearly didn’t like him. I’m sure Mark Webber can empathise this situation.

      Will Ric be any good is a massive question. I feel if he can’t make the AT go fast, that’s the end of his competitive F1 career.

      Who knows about next year. Could imagine Perez going if his results in qualifying don’t improve. His season would be utterly dreadful if he was in any car but the Red Bull.

      • PriorProject@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        1 year ago

        I think it was more that Marko hasn’t liked his performance this season. It seems as though Marko was the one that pushed for de Vries when Horner and Tost had other preferences. Marko has been brutal toward him recently, but I think that’s a change and a reaction to missed expectations.

        Supporting quote from https://www.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/37926391/red-bull-boss-admits-horner-right-doubt-de-vries :

        Asked on The Inside Line podcast if he and Red Bull boss Horner often disagree about signings, Marko said: "Not often, but sometimes we do. The last one… I would say de Vries.

        “Basically it’s AlphaTauri, but we’re a big family and we get opinions. He [Horner] was not a fan of De Vries. I would say at the moment it looks like he was right.”

        Here’s the source claiming Tost was voting for Schumacher: https://www.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/37926391/red-bull-boss-admits-horner-right-doubt-de-vries

          • PriorProject@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            My sense is that the front-runners were Schumacher (who Tost was pushing for based on the above ESPN article), Lawson/Hauger (who are the RB juniors closest to be ready for a callup), and Ricciardo who didn’t want the seat last year. I feel like Nyck was a dark horse who shook up the order last year, but I don’t think they really lost any options giving him a shot.

      • monobot@lemmy.mlEnglish
        6·
        1 year ago

        Marco didn’t like him, but he also didn’t want to go to Williams where he would have been much safer.

        But he chose shorter path to top car, and lost. Sad, but at least he had a choice.

        And RB can test two “new” drivers for the price of one. This will be break it or make it for Ric too. I think Ric or Check will be in RB+AT next year, but not both.

        We all new this since Ric got back to RB.

  • echo @ feddit.uk@feddit.ukEnglish
    13·
    1 year ago

    Car has been bad but he’s still not really shown much and it’s not like he’s a young rookie either. So kind of understandable.

    Was never a fan but a shame he didn’t get a chance to finish his rookie season.

  • SlicingBot@lemmy.mlEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    I really thought they would give him a whole season. Then again, Marko was taking shots at him left and right…

    • Hillock@kbin.social
      11·
      1 year ago

      I don’t think he is in any danger of getting kicked mid season. Red Bull probably wants the full sweep and by replacing Perez mid season it’s just going to be more difficult to be 1&2 in driver standings. There is an argument he won’t be the driver next season but this one he is safe.

    • wia@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      Yeah I see this as a way to see if they can give Ric the spot next year. Kind of weird thoguh since the AT is pretty shitty this year. It’s either that or they want to punish Ric even more for leaving in the first place and just destroy him.

    • Samwizegamgi42@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      Can definitely see this as a comparison test for Perez’s seat. Now you can see whose better in the same machinery. Has some simulator work brought Dani back to old form, can he wrestle with the straddling alpha, or will yuki show he has what it takes?? Also yuki now has 1.5 seasons in this car against Daniel’s year in a McLaren and some simulator work on the Redbull. If true interested to see how it all plays out, this will either be the last nail in Daniel’s racing career’s coffin or the first stepping stone to his return

      • BigJim@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        Imagine Red Bull is Verstappen and Ricciardo again in 2024. It took them 6 years to figure out they fucked up by letting him go.

        • Samwizegamgi42@lemmy.worldEnglish
          10·
          1 year ago

          Which is what makes it even funny, because he left RB for Renault because he knew the team was becoming “Verstappen’s team” and didn’t want to play second fiddle. Just to come back and definitely play second fiddle

    • crashspeeder@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      That’s how I feel. It’s a shit car. Is Danny going to be able to do better? Alpha Tauri hasn’t exactly been topping the rankings, and seems to have gotten worse of late. It feels like they’re being a bit too cutthroat on with this decision.

    • trex@kbin.social
      2·
      1 year ago

      His start of the season was horrible, but I feel like his bad form was much less noticable the last couple of days.

      That being said, they need someone at Alpha Tauri to keep Perez sharp, and it was clear that De Vries was not going to be that guy.

      • ghostwolf@lemmy.fakeplastictrees.eeEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Probably that and the fact that de Vries is clearly wasn’t gonna make it into the main team. However, they knew that before signing the contract.