Revealed: Daniel Ricciardo blew chance to replace Sergio Perez at British GP
Daniel Ricciardo spurned a ch🔴ance to replace Sergio Perez last year, Drive to Survive has revealed.

The new season of Netflix’s Drive to Survive F1 series has revealed how 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Daniel Ricciardo blew his chance of replacing 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez at the British Grand Prix.
With Perez badlᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚy struggling for form question marks were being raised about his future at Red Bull, with Ricciardo finding himself linked as a possible replacement as F1 approached the summer bre🔜ak.
Ricciardo was driving for Red Bull’s sister team Racing Bulls at the time and ൲it has now emerged just how close the Australian got to achievin🐲g his target of returning to the senior team.
“If we carry on⭕ like this, we’re f*****,” Red Bull team principal Christian Horner is heard saying in one episode, referring to the 🏅constructors’ championship.
“What are we gonna do with our Mexican? Iᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ’m starting to think it’s diminishing return🍃s. This weekend, we have to look very carefully at the other drivers [on the Red Bull books: Ricciardo, Yuki Tsunoda and Liam Lawson].
“I’m a big fa𓄧ౠn of Daniel. He’s not been competitive, but we know what he’s capable of. I think he can sniff that there’s a bit of a chance.”
Ricciardo is seen having a briefing with Red Bull’s head of comm✨unications Paul Smith.
“I just wasn’t sure how much they’ve made aware to the public that Checo was somewhat on the verge,” Ricciar🎀do says to Smith.
Smith replies: “What Christian’s been saying publicly is: the way that it’s been approa💃ched with Checo is through a lot of support, right?
“As opposed to, we’re definitely f****** replacing Checo, he’s f*****, DR is in [at Red🐬 Bull], Liam is in at VCARB [Racing Bulls]…”
A smiling Ricciardo responds: “Happy days!”
Ricciardo fails to take chance
Smith is then heard outlining to Ri⭕cciardo exactly what he must do to earn the Red Bull seat.
“So for you, I think Christian’s taking the time to see what happens here [at the British GP and beyond], he 𝓀needs success,” Smith says.
“Yeah… that’s cool,” Ricciardo replies.
Ricciar💧do would go on to endure a difficult race at Silverstone, finishing j🦩ust two places higher than he started in 13th.
Thing♉s were even worse for Perez, who took 17th after crashing out of the first part of qualifying and starting the grand prix on the ba🍨ck row in 19th.
“We don’t have anybody☂ else in the other car [VCARB] that is putting in per൩formances that are like ‘wow’,” Horner says.
Red Bull reserve driver168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Liam Lawson is heard discussing the si🎶tuation with Smith as he prepares for an interview with Netflix.
“So Liam ‘respectful hunger,’” S🃏mith says. “So you really want this seat…”
“But I’m respectful?” Lawson replies quizzically. ♌“But I’m not resp♛ectful!
“I need to drive. I’m going crazy not driving. I can’t tak꧒e this much longer. Just hanging around, watching racing, I’m losing my mind mate.”
Lawson would go on to take Ricciardo’s seat for the final six rounds of the season at Racing Bulls, before earning a promotion to a full-time drive with Red Bull for 2025 🐻as Perez’s repla💖cement.

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