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[Chris Medland] OFFICIAL: Daniel Ricciardo replaces Nyck de Vries at AlphaTauri with immediate effect. Officially "on loan" from Red Bull (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As ruthless as Red Bull can be, I didn't think this would actually happen. AT doesn't seem to be enough of a priority for RB anymore to get this panicky about poor driver performance. Maybe this is less about Nyck underperforming at AT and more about freeing up a seat to start auditioning replacements for Perez.

[–] JJROKCZ 7 points 1 year ago

Helmut has been very vocal lately about his desire to fix AT so it’s not a shitbox at the back of the grid with the haas