Red Bull boss Christian Horner reveals Helmut Marko wanted to replace Daniel Ricciardo after the Spanish GP.
Ricciardo has lost his seat at Red Bull’s sister team RB after a spate of underwhelming performances this season, with reserve driverSpeaking to the F1 Nation podcast after the announcement of the driver shuffle, Horner admitted that Red Bull motorsport advisor Marko felt Ricciardo should have been replaced much earlier this campaign.“He started the season roughly, and then Miami was a weekend of two halves.
“By the time we got to Montreal, it was actually dear old Jacques Villeneuve who got him properly wound up by giving him a hard time, and it definitely fired him up, because the way he drove the car that weekend, he grabbed it by the scruff of the neck and put together a very strong race weekend. Horner insisted he did his best to give eight-time grand prix winner Ricciardo, whose F1 career now appears to be over, time to turn things around.
“All the drivers are under pressure to deliver. But the reason that Daniel was in that car was to get himself back into a position to ultimately be there to pick up the pieces if Checo didn’t deliver.
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