RB team principal Laurent Mekies praises Daniel Ricciardo's competitiveness despite his scoreless start to the season. Ricciardo has been outperformed by teammate Yuki Tsunoda in the opening four rounds.
Alonso signs new with with Aston Martin | 00:20RB team principal Laurent Mekies says Daniel Ricciardo has already proven his competitiveness this season despite his scoreless start to the campaign.
It paints a devastating picture for the Australian, who hopes to prove himself worthy of replacing Sergio Pérez at Red Bull Racing with a strong year with sister team RB. Mekies also noted that Ricciardo had matched Tsunoda in qualifying in Japan despite effectively losing all of Friday practice to a combination of weather and the team’s decision to use one of its mandatory rookie practice sessions.
“These sorts of things happen. He has been around long enough to know that what matters is the speed, and he has the speed.”PODCAST: Things were finally starting to click for Daniel Ricciardo — and then he crashed on the first lap. How much has that set back the Aussie’s F1 comeback? And has Ferrari’s accidentally undermined its 2024 success by pre-emptively dropping Carlos Sainz?
Pierre Gasly, Sergio Pérez, Logan Sargeant, Zhou Guanyu and Lance Stroll all carry worse deficits to their respective teammates. Liam Lawson was widely considered unfortunate to have wound up without a seat on the 2024 grid following his impressive stand-in performances for Ricciardo late last year, and the Kiwi has reportedly been promised an RB seat in 2025.
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