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Breaking: Nyck de Vries out of Alpha Tauri (twitter.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by frankivo@feddit.nl to c/formula1@lemmy.ml

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Ricciardo appears to be taking over. Still waiting for an offical source.

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[–] DreadPilotGagarin@feddit.uk 16 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Well, unexpected, but not shocked. Some big questions come to mind immediately.

Do you think Nyck got a fair chance? He's underperformed, but wasn't given long
Will Ricciardo be able to get any results in that car? Has he gotten over the problems that led to his McLaren exit?
What could this mean for next year's RB/AT lineups?

[–] itsmikeyd@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Marko clearly didn't like him. I'm sure Mark Webber can empathise this situation.

Will Ric be any good is a massive question. I feel if he can't make the AT go fast, that's the end of his competitive F1 career.

Who knows about next year. Could imagine Perez going if his results in qualifying don't improve. His season would be utterly dreadful if he was in any car but the Red Bull.

[–] PriorProject@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I think it was more that Marko hasn't liked his performance this season. It seems as though Marko was the one that pushed for de Vries when Horner and Tost had other preferences. Marko has been brutal toward him recently, but I think that's a change and a reaction to missed expectations.

Supporting quote from https://www.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/37926391/red-bull-boss-admits-horner-right-doubt-de-vries :

Asked on The Inside Line podcast if he and Red Bull boss Horner often disagree about signings, Marko said: "Not often, but sometimes we do. The last one... I would say de Vries.

"Basically it's AlphaTauri, but we're a big family and we get opinions. He [Horner] was not a fan of De Vries. I would say at the moment it looks like he was right."

Here's the source claiming Tost was voting for Schumacher: https://www.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/37926391/red-bull-boss-admits-horner-right-doubt-de-vries

[–] wheresbicki@midwest.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I sure wonder who did AT miss on by signing DeVries?

[–] PriorProject@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

My sense is that the front-runners were Schumacher (who Tost was pushing for based on the above ESPN article), Lawson/Hauger (who are the RB juniors closest to be ready for a callup), and Ricciardo who didn't want the seat last year. I feel like Nyck was a dark horse who shook up the order last year, but I don't think they really lost any options giving him a shot.

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