Daniel Ricciardo is under “huge pressure” and might not suit his RB car,🤪 David Croft thinks.

Ri🌌cciardo has end𝓡ured a challenging start to the F1 2024 season.

Even fellow Aussie, and former F1 cꦅhampion, Alan Jones has questioned whether Ricciardo is past hisꦇ best.

“He’s under huge pressure,” Crofty told  before Ricciardo's home race at tꦗhe Australian Grand Prix, where he eventually finishe𒊎d P13.

“Ricciardo has not started the season that well.

“I’m 🌌sure the RB will be a better car in time. It might not be the best car for him at the moment.

“But he’s been beaten by his teammate, and you have to judge yourself against your teammate, and that’s not in 🍸Daniel’s favour.

“I still think Daniel’s a fine driver.

“I think he deserves his place in the grid, but we need to see more fr🅘om him, ꦿand that will be the message getting through to him.”

Ricciardo entered this ye🎃ar hoping that some impressive results could propel him into a Red Bull, alongside Max Verstappen, in 2025.

But Sergio Perez has responded to the pressure that 𒐪he faces to cling onto his seat, while Ricciardo has been outshone by younger alternatives.

RB - last season named 𝓡AlphaTauri - kept faith with Ricciardo this year despite Liam Lawson impressing while replacing the veteran Australia during an injury absence las🦂t season.

Lawson is looming in the wings, ready for his first fulᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚl-time F1 race seat.

Crofty warnꦬed:꧒ “Liam Lawson is there and he’s ready.

“(RB’s) reason ൩for being is to bring young drivers througওh. Is that Daniel Ricciardo?”

F1 journalist M✅ark Hughes joined the que🎃stioning of Ricciardo.

He saidಌ on The Race F1 podcast: “Far from is he on a trajectory still to be in the Red Bull, I’d say is he on a trajectory to still be in the RB?”

Worryingly for Ricciard𓄧o, the reported after the Australian Grand Prix that he has 🃏a time limit to prove his worth.

Reportedly a t🎐wo-race ultimatum has been handed ꩵto Ricciardo which could result in him being replaced by Liam Lawson in Miami.