‘Christian Horner didn’t want Nyck de Vries in the first place, Daniel Ricciardo a way to move on’
Ricciardo will return full-time with immediate effect to join AlphaTauri, as a replacement for 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nyck de Vries, until the end of the season.
His return was solidified when he impres🌃sed in Tuesday’s tyre test in the RB19, with Red Bull team principal Christian Horner watching him.
Horner phoned Helmℱut Marko, Red Bull’s consultant, an hour into Ricciardo’s test to inform him how♓ impressive the pace was, report.
Marko then called back shortly afterwards to tell Horner t𝓡hat he had fired De Vries, AlphaTauri’s underperformܫing driver.
De Vries 💯had feared for his future after finishing 17th at the F1 British Grand Prix, last out of the drivers who completed the race.
De Vries’ manager then tipped off journalists in the Nethไerlands about his axing, whi♑ch is how the story emerged.
Red Bull had no choice but to co�♓�nfirm Ricciardo’s return quickly when they intended to wait a few days.
Ricciardo’s bes🦄t lap time in Tuesday’s tyre test was 1:27.4ꦐ15s - equivalent to P2 in qualifying for the F1 British Grand Prix just days earlier.
Of cou𝓀rse, the tyre compounds, weather and track conditions were all different.
Horner was “especially impressed”, ESPN report.
The Red Bull boss had told Ricciardꦐo, their third driver this season, that he would not be promoted straight into their race seat, the report states.
Horner did n♔ot want AlphaTauri to sign De Vries in the first place, so saw Ricciardo as the ideal fix.
Sergio Perez’s place alongside Max Verstappen is currentl🌺y safe,🃏 ESPN say.
Bu🍎t Ricciardo exclusively told Crash at Silverstone that he would accept an AlphaT⛄auri drive if it gave him a shot of landing his dream, a Red Bull race seat.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports 🙈for a🌠 decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
