Is Daniel Ricciardo a contender for Red Bull F1 2024 seat? "Not the future", say Sky Sports pundits
After seeing his contract with McLaren terminated a year early following his underwhelming performances over the last two seasons, Ricciardo has 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:returned to Red Bull to become the team’s third driver.
The 33-year-old Australian will carry out simulator and development work as well as marketing activities for Red Bull as he takes a step back from F1 before targeting a full-time return in 2024.&nb🐭sp;
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Ricciardo’s return to Milton Keynes - where he raced between 2014 and 2018 - has seen the eight-time grand prix winner linked with168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Sergio Perez’s seat to become teammates with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen once again.
But speaking in Sky Sports F1’s 2022 season review🍎, Croft said an ageing Ricciardo is not the right fit for Red Bull in t♊he long-term.
"I think they're two very different styles of driver,” said Croft. “They're both capable of winning races, but they winꦬ races in very different ways.
“I hate to say this, and I think Daniel’s a fantastic bloke... but he's not the future of Re😼d Buꦏll, mainly because of age.
"When Max spoke at the end of the season of potentially 🐬sto🎶pping at the age of 31, that's a big revelation to me.
“He's already thinking about the time he st🦩ops racing. Personally, I'd be trying to evaluate someone else to come in if Checo's not the answer.”
Sky Sports F1 pundit Karun Chandhok believes Red Bull should make a big swoop to sign168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Lando Norris, who is contracted to McLaren u𒀰ntil the end of 2025. ♓;
“I think they should be going hard to try and buy Lando Norris out of ๊his contract,” he said.
On Ricciardo being a contender 💜for a 2024 race seat with Red Bull, Chandhok added: "I'm 𒐪waiting to see how it plays out.
"The last time Ricciardo drove for Red Bull was in 2018 and F1 cars have changed a lot, it's like a ౠdifferent category now. I think M🌊ax has changed a lot, too.
"I think Daniel vs Checo is an interesting fight for the '24 seat... but how do they ev🔥aluate Daniel?
“They can put him in the sim, but it's n♎ot like driving the real car. So will t𓂃hey give him a go in a test somewhere? That's what I'd like to see. How do they genuinely evaluate the Daniel Ricciardo of today?”
Perez ‘relaxed’ about Ricciardo arrival
Speaking to Sky Sports News earlier this month, Perez, who has struggled to match Verstappen’sꦇ performances, insisted he i🦹s relaxed about his future at the team.
"I'm pretty relaxed,” Perez said. “We live under a lot of pressure all the time, it doesn't 🐽change anything form my side.
“I think it's a great ach🦋ievement from the team to have a driver like Daniel. He's goin🌳g to contribute a lot to our team.
"He's a great guy, he's one of the guys I get on most with on the paddock. It’s great 🍷to have Daniel in꧙ the team and from my side it doesn't change anything.
"We started our careers at ꦅa similar time so we've known each other a long time. I certainly get on with him.”
After being involved in a heated 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:team orders row in Brazil, Sky’s F1 team have tipped “trust issues” between Verstappen and Perez to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:spill over into the 2023 season.
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