So apparently Ralph Schumacher let out that he knows for certain that Danny is replacing Nyck after the summer break. I found it in a Dutch article, so a url is not much use I think.
Obviously, this is still very much rumours at this point, but I wanted to post about it anyways.
I know Nyck is underperforming massively, and have no illusion that he will be driving next year. But replacing a driver mid-season is always a bit harsh. Especially when his home-race is the next one on the calendar…
I’m sure the Drive to Survive team would love to have Danny back.
This rumour is in complete opposition to the one posted recently that said “Ricciardo was too slow in the simulator for the Red Bull car and would prefer not to enter half way through a season and play catch up getting to grips with the Alpha Tauri”
Silly season is almost upon us!
Also just to remember everyone saying de Vries isn’t fast enough - Gasly in Red Bull and Albon in Red Bull were both deemed too slow, but have performed well since.
Yeah I don’t put much stock into this rumor of Ricciardo coming back to alpha tauri
but Riccardo being slow was rumored earlier in the season and since they say he’s majorly improved
https://the-race.com/formula-1/ricciardo-extremely-competitive-on-sim-ahead-of-red-bull-test/
Well, it seems this one was true
I can’t believe even Marko got fooled by Nyck in Monza. Williams have been building low downforce dragsters for years and while NdV didn’t do any mistakes that day Monza in the dry is not exactly Monaco quali in terms of testing the driver. It’s mostly about the car. Even Latifi said afterwards that it was more a case of himself underperforming than Nyck being spectacular, and that Nyck just put the car where it belonged that day.
Turns out he wasn’t trying to make himself look better, he was just stating a fact.
So Danny into Alpha Tauri mid season and then its a competition between him and Yuki for who gets Perez’s seat in ‘24 if he keeps disappointing in quali? If the midfield keep improving race pace as well as quali performance (like a few teams have) they wont tolerate pre-Q3 exits relying on a good Sunday for long
deleted by creator
Who the heck watches F1 for the qualy sessions? Perez is still second in the championship, and he’s made the races fun to watch. How has he not live up to the job?
I’ll take Perez coming down the field 100% of the time over a boring HAM-VER-BOT that was decided on Saturday. What a waste of a weekend.
deleted by creator
