F1: Daniel Ricciardo will not win a seat back at Red Bull next year as Sergio Perez inked a fresh deal with the F1 giants.
Danny Ric's Red Bull dreams dashed | 00:27When Daniel Ricciardo suited up in his new RB overalls at the start of the season, he thought he could be embarking on the first chapter of his fairytale.
“But we’ll see. I’ll probably have to work my way up a little bit, but it’s really nice to be back here.”Red Bull Racing re-signed Pérez for another two seasonsThe decision was on one hand surprising. Pérez held the most desirable seat in Formula 1 with no shortage of suitors. Red Bull Racing could have afforded to wait.
That weekend in Florida demonstrated the frustrating duality of his comeback, however. Hours after finishing less than 10 seconds off the sprint podium, he qualified a shocking 18th for the grand prix. He’s down in the points 5-19, a difference of four places in the drivers championship. Ricciardo has scored 26.32 per cent of Tsunoda’s points, the third-worst return of any teammate to have scored so far this season.
That serves to make Ricciardo’s differences look more severe, though there’s no doubting the clear gaps in key metrics that have characterised the opening third of his campaign.Source: Getty Images“The gap , maybe we do find something that why I lost a bit here or there,” he said, per“I’m not happy with having these gaps. I think that’s what’s frustrating me a bit.
“Of course the dream is to get back to the big team, but if it’s not that, then I made it clear that I want to be here .” Meanwhile reserve driver Liam Lawson is on the sidelines eagerly awaiting his chance. The Kiwi was reportedly promised a race seat for 2025 after his excellent points-scoring five-race stand-in appearance covering for Ricciardo late last year during the Aussie’s injury hiatus.But it isn’t so simple.
“I think we’re very happy with both of our drivers and, honestly, we’re not wasting time with discussing ifs and whens,” Bayer said. “We have a very strong line-up. We have a great reserve driver. With Honda — which has backed his entire Formula 1 career — set to switch allegiance to Aston Martin from 2026, the Japanese driver isn’t guaranteed to take up a new deal with RB, where his future would appear limited.
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