F1: RB's Daniel Ricciardo was pinged for a false start at the Canadian Grand Prix, but the race commentary team wasn't convinced the Australian had jumped the lights.
He’d been speculative in taking up the role of Red Bull Racing reserve driver after being sacked by McLaren. It was a role that gave him a chance to evaluate whether he really wanted to continue racing in Formula 1 and, if he did, build himself back up to competitiveness.AlphaTauri’s Nyck de Vries, the Formula 2 and Formula E champion who had been expected to lead the team, was floundering alongside Yuki Tsunoda .
But whatever — Red Bull Racing had the data and found it compelling, and he was parachuted into De Vries’s car for the next race at the Hungarian Grand Prix. RB is no longer operating with the remit of being Red Bull Racing’s junior team, but its preferred set-up is to mix experience with youth. And with the wheels of the driver market already turning at pace and with just five rounds to go before the critical mid-season break, Ricciardo’s Formula 1 future is again facing a critical juncture.While Ricciardo’s record against Tsunoda is uninspiring, it’s not been without its highlights. It’s just consistency that’s been lacking.
His average qualifying deficit is 0.148 seconds and 2.7 places, but in Montreal he was 0.125 seconds and 3.0 places ahead. But F1’s most bizarre — and increasingly sad and bitter — one-sided war of words likely had little to do with it.But Ricciardo also revealed he’d been on an important journey of “self-therapy” after his disappointing Monaco weekend. He’d opened himself up to constructive criticism from the team, and collectively they decided he was stretched too thin away from the circuit to deliver his best.
In a sport in which you’re only as good as your last race, the next five grands prix will be a crucial test of the sustainability of this upswing and potentially reframe the narrative around this critical season.“I definitely am happy with some things that I mentioned , that I acknowledged since Monaco, and I really do feel that it’s no coincidence that this weekend went a bit smoother.
The good news for Ricciardo in this regard is that RB is one of the grid’s most upwardly mobile teams. The Red Bull program is famously ruthless when it comes to its driver line-ups, but while the clock is ticking on Ricciardo, there’s no sign yet that he’ll be moved against before the end of the season.
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