168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Daniel Ricciardo’s F1 future is still unce✤rtain even though he’s “protected” by Red Bull boss Christian Horner.

According to veteran Andrew Benson, Ricciardo is sti﷽ll “at risk” of losing his seat to Liam Lawson for 2025.

However, the saving grace for Ricciardo is that he has the backing of🐎 the Red Bull boss.

Despite showing flashes of brilliance, such as qualifying fifth at the Canadian Grand Prix, Ricciardo has generally struggled to get on level terms with RB teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Yuki Tsunoda.

Tsunoda leads 7-2 in tꦑhe qualifying head-to-head ♍and is 14 points clear in the drivers’ championship.

Canada was encouraging for Ricciardo though as he re𝐆sponded to heavy criticism from 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneueve to finish in the points.

For 2025⛦, it’s still unclear whether Ricciardo will stay or Lawson will get♋ a deserved call-up as a full-time driver.

“Ricciardo is 7-2 down on Tsunoda in grand prix qualifying sessions this year and slightly slower on average,” Benson wrote. “And the problem with that is that Red Bull don't rate the Japanese as a to🌌p-line driver.

“This is why Ricciardo has gone from bei🌠ng considered a potential replacement for Sergio Perez in the ma﷽in Red Bull team, to being at risk of losing his seat.

Reserve driver Li꧟am Lawson is waiting in the wings.

“But Ricciardo is currently protected by team principal Christian Horner. It remains to be seen which way Red Bull go in choosing a partner for Tsunoda at what is𓂃 now called RB in 2025.”

Ricciardo has generally b🌼een incoওnsistent since returning to F1 in the middle of last year.

Even putting aside 🐎his injury, his starring performances have been erratic with only his impressive drive in Mexico City the standout performance ღfrom last year.

Simil🐟arly in 2024, the Miami sprint and the Canada weekend are the main highlights.

“Ricciardo's performance for RB at the Canadian Grand Prix - qualifying a superb fifth and finishing in the points in eighth place despite a five-second penalty for jumping the start - was exactly what he needed after an unconvincing 🐻start to the season,” Benson added.

“Ricciardo was the subject of some harsh criticism from Jacques Villeneuve, who was 🔥a pundit for Sky television over the weekend, with the 1997 world champion asking: "Why is he still in F1?" Ricciardo did not take kindly to that. But, whatever one thinks of Villeneuve’s🎶 comments, the fact is that Ricciardo has not been performing as Red Bull expected since he returned to F1.

“He replaced Nyck de Vries with the team who were then called Alphaဣ Tauri midway through last season and was unlucky to break his hand in a crash at the Dutch Grand Prix, only his third race after returning, and miss five races. But in the events he did featu𒀰re in last year, he was more often than not slower than team-mate Yuki Tsunoda - apart from a starring performance in Mexico.

“And the trend has continued th🔜is year, with the odd exception su🅰ch as the sprint qualifying session in China and now Canada.”