What about Daniel Ricciardo?

Daniel Ricciardo I live in a very complicated situation.Came to McLaren From 2021 Renault, Where he couldn’t find the winning project he wanted.of walkingNext to a young man Lando NorrisHas emerged as the current great leader that the British team wanted to keep moving forward in search of the long-awaited victory over the next few years. But things aren’t going as expected, either in McLaren or in the driver’s own mind, and Ricardo’s future is more apparent than ever.

In 2021 Daniel He was one of the drivers who changed the team that suffered the most to adapt to his new car and had a very different driving philosophy from his previous ones. Red Bull and Renault.. It was difficult for him to understand why until he raised his head and began to see the light at the end of the tunnel and won his victory. Monaco 2021..But it will eventually end world 8th place, 115 points, 45 points for teammates Lando Norris6th place with 160 points.

In 2022, the scenario changed. A completely new car for everyone due to regulatory changes, Daniel Ricciardo His class McLarenBut in the first seven races the Australian was lost far from the level he showed Red bull..

Norris earns 81.40% of McLaren points

On this course, 81.40% of the points McLaren achieved were earned by Lando Norris, who is ranked 7th in the World Championships with 48 points. Ricardo, on the other hand, is in 11th place with 11 points. But the worst is the senses. Rand smashed his teammates in every way, holding McLaren’s handle, which still needs a lot of improvement to lead the middle zone and fight to aim for more. Briton won the qualifying duel 6-1 as Daniel was only able to defeat Land in Barcelona’s “Quarry” on the weekend when the British were suffering from tonsillitis.

Nonetheless, Rand was clearly able to overtake Daniel in the Sunday race. He promised to get into the car after vomiting. And the difference in “qualy” was huge. With the exception of Saudi Arabia, where Rand defeated Ricardo at 0,122 in the second quarter, and with the aforementioned appointment in Barcelona, ​​the time achieved by Norris in up to four categories was better than 6/10.

Things don’t improve in the race. Norris only missed the top 10 in his first test in Bahrain because of his car’s early reliability issues and because of his retirement in Miami. In addition, he managed to get on the podium at Imola. On the other hand, for Daniel, his best result was 6th in Australia. With one retirement and five race points left, he has been in the last four races.

“Contracted”

“I have a valid contract, but I don’t want to be in 14th place. That’s not the reason I run. Let’s say that,” commented Daniel Ricciardo. After “qualy” Monaco To respond to rumors that he was kicked out of McLaren. Nonetheless, the British team ensured that there was a “mechanism” to ensure that the connection between the Australian and the walking team ended earlier than expected.

“Our approach is just to make this work.”, Team Principal Andreas Seidl said. On his side, McLaren CEO Zak Brown was more powerful.

“There is a mechanism that we commit to each other, and then there is a mechanism that we do not commit.”

Zack BrownMcLaren CEO

“There is a mechanism that we commit to each other, and then there is a mechanism that we do not commit.”Zack pointed out in “Sky Sports.” “I talked to Daniel about it, we both didn’t get the results we expected, but we’re both going to keep pushing,” he added.

“He showed that he could win the race at Monza (Italian GP 2021). We also need to continue to develop the car and we can’t win the race, but we want to see it further up the grid. We will develop it, “Zack added.

Ricardo’s poor performance, the big difference from his teammate Lando Norris, and the difficulty of moving forward in his second year with the team Ricardo seems to be outside the inside of the British team Let’s spread the rumors. Occupying his seat is, in the name that came out, Fernando Alonso, Great friends Zack Brown For the second stage of walking Oviedo.