‘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5最新开奖结果:Nyck de Vries, until the end of the season.
His return was solidified when he impressed in Tuesday’s tyre test in the RB19, with Red Bu🐓ll team principal Christian Horner watching him.
Horner phoned Helmut 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 that he had fired De Vries, AlphaTauri’s underperforming dꦍriver.
De Vries had feared for his future after finishing 17th at the F1 British G🌸rand Prix, last out of the drivers🦂 who completed the race.
De Vries’ manager then tippedౠ off journalists in the Netherlands about his axing, which is how the story ܫemerged.
Red Bull had no choice but to confirm Ricciar🃏do’s return quickly when they intended to wait a few days.
Ricciardo’s best lap time in Tuesday’s tyre test was 1:27.415s - equivalent to P2 in qualifying for the F1 British Grand Prix just 𒐪days earlier.
Ofꦜ course, the tyre compounds, weather and track conditions were all different.
Horner was “especially impressed”, ESPN report.
The Red Bull boss had told Ricciardo, t🌳heir third driver this season, that he would not be promoted straight into their race seat, the report states.
Horner did not want AlphaTauri to sign De Vries in the first place, so saw Ricciardo as the ideal𝕴 fix.
Sergio Perez’s♓ place alongside Max Verstappen is currently safe, ESPN say.
But Ricciardo exclusively told Crash at Silverstone that he would accept an AlphaTauri drive if iไt 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 footbal꧃l, to F1.
