The ‘two big candidates’ most at risk of losing their F1 seats identified
The two drꦇivers most at risk of losing their F1 seats mid-season have been named.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Daniel Ricciardo and168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Logan Sargeant have been named as “the two big candidates” most at risk of losing their seats during the 2024 F1 season.
That is according to BBC Sport’s F1 corresp☂ondent Andrew Benson, who describes Williams’ Sargeant as “looking very much like a driver whose time in F1 is coming to an end”.
Ricciardo, meanwhile, needs to up his performances at Red Bull’s ꦫsister team RB “if he is not to risk being replaced by reserve driver Liam Lawson at some point this season”🗹.
Both drivers have come under pressure after their respective difficult startꦡs to the season, which is just six races✤ old.
Benson was responding to a question in🦩 hisasking him which current drivers are most vulnerable to losing their seats mid-season.
“The two big candidates h൲ere are Williams’ Logan 💃Sargeant and RB’s Daniel Ricciardo,” Benson wrote.
“Sargeant is looking very much like a driver whose time in F1 is coming to an end. Unless he turns things around, the only question seems to be whether it will be during th🦹e season or at the end of it.
“Williams are said to be keen to replace him before the end of the season with Mercedes proteg💜🌞e Andrea Kimi Antonelli, who is racing in Formula 2 for the first time this season.
“But Antonelli is only 17 and at the moment does not qualify for the super licence all drivers need in F1. Senior sources have told BBC Sport that there is next to no chan🥂ce of the Italian racing in F1 before his 18th birthday, which is on 25 August.
“That means he could be in a Williams by the Dutch🍒 or Italian Grands Prix aft𓂃er the summer break.
“However, this plan depends also🅰 on Mercedes’ driver strategy, as it’s unlikely Williams would want to t♕ake Antonelli for a part-season only for him to move to Mercedes for 2025. So if he drives for Williams this year it is likely to be only if he will also stay for next season.
“As for Ricciardo, he took some pressure off himself with his st꧃rong qualifying performance in the sprint in China - which he repeated in Miami - but his overarching level is still 🐽below team-mate Yuki Tsunoda’s.
“He needs to change that if he is not to riꦗsk being replaced by reserve driv🐟er Liam Lawson at some point this season.”
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