After his efficiency at Montreal, do you suppose Daniel Ricciardo will retain his seat at RB in 2025? – David
Ricciardo’s efficiency for RB on the Canadian Grand Prix – qualifying an excellent fifth and ending within the factors in eighth place regardless of a five-second penalty for leaping the beginning – was precisely what he wanted after an unconvincing begin to the season.
Ricciardo was the topic of some harsh criticism from Jacques Villeneuve, who was a pundit for Sky tv over the weekend, with the 1997 world champion asking: “Why is he nonetheless in F1?”
Ricciardo didn’t take kindly to that. However, no matter one thinks of Villeneuve’s feedback, the actual fact is that Ricciardo has not been performing as Pink Bull anticipated since he returned to F1.
He changed Nyck de Vries with the crew who had been then referred to as Alpha Tauri halfway by means of final season and was unfortunate to interrupt his hand in a crash on the Dutch Grand Prix, solely his third race after returning, and miss 5 races.
However within the occasions he did characteristic in final yr, he was as a rule slower than team-mate Yuki Tsunoda – aside from a starring efficiency in Mexico. And the development has continued this yr, with the odd exception such because the dash qualifying session in China and now Canada.
Ricciardo is 7-2 down on Tsunoda in grand prix qualifying classes this yr and barely slower on common. And the issue with that’s that Pink Bull do not charge the Japanese as a top-line driver.
That is why Ricciardo has gone from being thought-about a possible alternative for Sergio Perez in the primary Pink Bull crew, to being susceptible to shedding his seat.
Reserve driver Liam Lawson is ready within the wings. However Ricciardo is at the moment protected by crew principal Christian Horner. It stays to be seen which means Pink Bull go in selecting a accomplice for Tsunoda at what’s now referred to as RB in 2025.
