Daniel Ricciardo
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TheDeuce said:
DR has utterly perplexed me. Pretty much everything else in F1, and the various drivers career journeys make sense to me, I can rationalise it.
DR...? Nope. He still has flashes of great potential but it's as if he's asleep 90% of the time. There's also plenty of evidence that those with the data believe in the potential, they must do, they keep paying him insane amounts of money and now Horner and Marko have bought him back to the RB family. What is it these decision makers are seeing that convinces them? And whatever it is, how come it doesn't translate into being an actual good driver?
His biggest mistake was leaving Alpine for McLaren and assuming that he’d blow Lando away, just as he expects to blow YukI into the weeds. Too many moves in a short space of time. DR...? Nope. He still has flashes of great potential but it's as if he's asleep 90% of the time. There's also plenty of evidence that those with the data believe in the potential, they must do, they keep paying him insane amounts of money and now Horner and Marko have bought him back to the RB family. What is it these decision makers are seeing that convinces them? And whatever it is, how come it doesn't translate into being an actual good driver?
maz8062 said:
TheDeuce said:
DR has utterly perplexed me. Pretty much everything else in F1, and the various drivers career journeys make sense to me, I can rationalise it.
DR...? Nope. He still has flashes of great potential but it's as if he's asleep 90% of the time. There's also plenty of evidence that those with the data believe in the potential, they must do, they keep paying him insane amounts of money and now Horner and Marko have bought him back to the RB family. What is it these decision makers are seeing that convinces them? And whatever it is, how come it doesn't translate into being an actual good driver?
His biggest mistake was leaving Alpine for McLaren and assuming that he’d blow Lando away, just as he expects to blow YukI into the weeds. Too many moves in a short space of time. DR...? Nope. He still has flashes of great potential but it's as if he's asleep 90% of the time. There's also plenty of evidence that those with the data believe in the potential, they must do, they keep paying him insane amounts of money and now Horner and Marko have bought him back to the RB family. What is it these decision makers are seeing that convinces them? And whatever it is, how come it doesn't translate into being an actual good driver?
I'm aware that reasonable isn't really good enough for a seasoned F1 driver... But perhaps he may be able to defeat Yuki this season. Again, not exactly momentous as I don't rate Yuki that highly tbh, he's not all that consistent, despite being quite ballsy sometimes.
Jordan247 said:
Its worth noting at the weekend he had a slow pitstop of about a minute long, which wouldn't have helped him.
Its interesting when he tested the Redbull at Silverstone he would have been P2 in qualifying and yet since his return he has looked rather average.
utter bIts interesting when he tested the Redbull at Silverstone he would have been P2 in qualifying and yet since his return he has looked rather average.
ks measure by RB. It was a different day, track could have been 1 sec per lap faster than in qually.Not a good look for an ex F1 winner tooling around at the back - his team mate has been quicker in every
Session so far this year .
If Alpine didn’t have such a poor car he’d be plumb last.
I’d love to see Liam Lawson back in that car giving Yuki a hard time .
Maybe Danny Ric has a password protected file filled with texts and pics from his great pal Christian Horny?! That would explain why he’s still on the grid? ( sorry for bringing this down to Daily Wail levels of nonsense ).
Here’s great new interfere with Liam Lawson taking about this season he’s an impressive character hope he gets that drive soon…
https://youtu.be/wIoiFiWJqsE?si=C1k64YTxz9nU0KxY
Session so far this year .
If Alpine didn’t have such a poor car he’d be plumb last.
I’d love to see Liam Lawson back in that car giving Yuki a hard time .
Maybe Danny Ric has a password protected file filled with texts and pics from his great pal Christian Horny?! That would explain why he’s still on the grid? ( sorry for bringing this down to Daily Wail levels of nonsense ).
Here’s great new interfere with Liam Lawson taking about this season he’s an impressive character hope he gets that drive soon…
https://youtu.be/wIoiFiWJqsE?si=C1k64YTxz9nU0KxY
PRO 5T said:
Ricciardo was/is just a pawn in the Horny/Marko power play.
Marko wanted de Vries in against Horny’s wishes and Horny used his (Nick’s) lack of performance to bump him out to knock Marko’s reputation.
I don't see why you think Horner needed to anything in that instance, de Vries was shocking and obviously had to go.Marko wanted de Vries in against Horny’s wishes and Horny used his (Nick’s) lack of performance to bump him out to knock Marko’s reputation.
DR was always a pawn... A pawn that kept winning races..?
Blib said:
In an interview this week with The Intercooler, Tiff Needel suggested that Ric has earned enough money from F1, was at a dead end now and should leave and enjoy himself in all the other race series out there.
A good call, imo.
Definitely. Plenty of series in the US and Aus that would welcome him with open arms.A good call, imo.
TheDeuce said:
PRO 5T said:
Ricciardo was/is just a pawn in the Horny/Marko power play.
Marko wanted de Vries in against Horny’s wishes and Horny used his (Nick’s) lack of performance to bump him out to knock Marko’s reputation.
I don't see why you think Horner needed to anything in that instance, de Vries was shocking and obviously had to go.Marko wanted de Vries in against Horny’s wishes and Horny used his (Nick’s) lack of performance to bump him out to knock Marko’s reputation.
DR was always a pawn... A pawn that kept winning races..?
I'm not disagreeing that de Vries was poor by the way, just that this little escapade was all part of a bigger play. Ricciardo knows which side his bread's buttered-see his stance on the Horny episode in the media and how he was called out on it.
And now Marko is in the press today suggesting Ricciardo needs to improve or he'll lose his seat to Lawson...
https://grandpx.news/markos-stern-warning-to-ricci...
PRO 5T said:
TheDeuce said:
PRO 5T said:
Ricciardo was/is just a pawn in the Horny/Marko power play.
Marko wanted de Vries in against Horny’s wishes and Horny used his (Nick’s) lack of performance to bump him out to knock Marko’s reputation.
I don't see why you think Horner needed to anything in that instance, de Vries was shocking and obviously had to go.Marko wanted de Vries in against Horny’s wishes and Horny used his (Nick’s) lack of performance to bump him out to knock Marko’s reputation.
DR was always a pawn... A pawn that kept winning races..?
I'm not disagreeing that de Vries was poor by the way, just that this little escapade was all part of a bigger play. Ricciardo knows which side his bread's buttered-see his stance on the Horny episode in the media and how he was called out on it.
And now Marko is in the press today suggesting Ricciardo needs to improve or he'll lose his seat to Lawson...
https://grandpx.news/markos-stern-warning-to-ricci...
Marko wanted De Vries.
De Vries was shocking.
De Vries had to go.
Horner doing nothing, or even actively liking De Vries and agreeing with Marko in the first place wouldn't have changed it obviously being a bad call to give him the seat. At what point did Horner need to do anything to make this supposed 'scheme' play out against Marko?
Red9zero said:
Blib said:
In an interview this week with The Intercooler, Tiff Needel suggested that Ric has earned enough money from F1, was at a dead end now and should leave and enjoy himself in all the other race series out there.
A good call, imo.
Definitely. Plenty of series in the US and Aus that would welcome him with open arms.A good call, imo.
vaud said:
Red9zero said:
Blib said:
In an interview this week with The Intercooler, Tiff Needel suggested that Ric has earned enough money from F1, was at a dead end now and should leave and enjoy himself in all the other race series out there.
A good call, imo.
Definitely. Plenty of series in the US and Aus that would welcome him with open arms.A good call, imo.
vaud said:
Should go to WEC, would suit him and it's still a very high level.
Probably more profitable for him to hang on the F1 as far as possible despite his crap performances as he can continue to make excuses that seem to be believed rather than risk going to WEC for less money and getting spanked there too potentially.....vaud said:
thegreenhell said:
What if he likes being an F1 driver? If he's still being paid to do his dream job then why would he give it up?
He didn't seem to enjoy the years where he has not been in the front half of the grid.He also got paid about £80m during his 'dark years' post Red Bull.
There must be something in the above that he enjoyed enough to want to go back..
Blib said:
he's getting close to $100 million net worth , not bad for a driver who's only won 8 grand prix how in gods teeth has he aquired so much wealth ?compared to say Mark Webber who won 9 grand prix and worth $10 million
Nico Rosberg Jackie Stewart , Nigel Mansell ex World champions worth $50 million !
or Coulthard on $70 million
will be watching with interest his results , but he's not spanking Tsunoda , we might get half way through the season and hes replaced by Lawson at this rate
Edited by Purosangue on Tuesday 12th March 22:05
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