Has Daniel Ricciardo’s injury cost him a Red Bull drive for 2024? Nico Rosberg's theory...

2016 F1 world champion Nico Rosberg has suggested that Daniel Ricciardo’s hand injury has potentially cost him a Red Bull drive for 2024.
Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) Red Bull Racing Reserve and Third Driver. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 11, British Grand Prix,
Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) Red Bull Racing Reserve and Third Driver. Formula 1 World…

Ricciardo’s shꦅunt in second practice at the Dutch Grand Prix resulted in a broken metacarpal.

As a result, he’s been forced to💦 have surgery🍰 in Barcelona, missing out on racing at Zandvoort and Monza.

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Ricciardo 🐷is expected to miss the next two rounds in Singapore and Japan before hopefully making a return for Qatar at the start of October.

The Australian’s return to F1 was centred around joining Red Bull again at some point alongside 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen - the team he left for Renault in 2019.

Speaking on the latest episode of the , Rosberg believes Ricci൩ardo’s injury will force him into another year with AlphaTauri, rather than a return to Red Bull.

“Lawson did a good job, especially at Monza. One-and-a-half tenths behind Tsunoda, that🌼’s awesome,” he said. 

“How lucky for Daniel, to get a chance to come back then to brea🌼k his hand in a freak accident.

Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) AlphaTauri AT04. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Dutch Grand Prix, Zandvoort, Netherlands,
Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) AlphaTauri AT04. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 14, Dutch Grand Prix,…

“The latest from Christian is that he’ll be back in🐷 Qatar, so a couple of races.

“Daniel has such a 🧜value to Red Bull, he is liked by Red Bull, so they’ll be patient in giving him a clear chance.

“This break might be the difference between him replacing Perez next year, and staying at AlphaTauri. The hand break will put him one m♊ore year in AlphaTauri.”

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