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Hey, I read somewhere that Yuki said the lap 1 damage wasn't just a puncture but more serious, something about radiator damage. Anyone have anything more on that? The team just said "damage" I think, and some people have been questioning Yuki's decision to not return the car to the pits.
AMus also confirms the rumors, new contract for yuki
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Not "also". AMuS is the source of the rumor. Let's wait and see.
ok haha
By the way, I read a lot of hate against Yuki on social media.
Those who follow Alpha Tauri races know that the team is very bad with strategies.
I really hope Yuki leaves Alpha Tauri soon and moves to AM, it's the best for him.
AMus also confirms the rumors, new contract for yuki
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Not "also". AMuS is the source of the rumor. Let's wait and see.
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ok haha
By the way, I read a lot of hate against Yuki on social media.
Those who follow Alpha Tauri races know that the team is very bad with strategies.
I really hope Yuki leaves Alpha Tauri soon and moves to AM, it's the best for him.
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Yes, the team is very, very bad with strategies! Hate against Yuki? Glad I didn't see that. I like him.
I hope they go with Liam over ricciardo. Lawson has a future with RB imo. He's shown on numerous occasions he can be up to speed immediately and he knows how to win.
What is the outlook for ricciardo? I guess he provides a nice stable teammate for max if he is actually good enough. But that isn't guaranteed (unless his Silverstone test truly was special).
I think judgment of the Liam Vs ricciardo case is difficult without knowledge of how ricciardo did on the simulator & tyre test. If they see him as a realistic RB candidate for 2025 or not. If not, Liam is the obvious choice
Daniel is the only driver who has been able to consistently operate at similar levels to Max. If you ignore the horrid run of reliability in his last 6 months of his last season at RBR, they were very evenly matched.
Max was very new on the grid at the point ricciardo was beating him and was the established team leader.. and to not ignore the bad reliability run, every time ricciardo retired in 2018 it was from a position behind Max on track because he was being beaten on pace not just reliability
I don't think ricciardo at his prime compared to max only a couple of years out of karts (when most would be doing F3) is fair to bring into what would end up being: max now (possible prime) Vs ricciardo aged 34 with time out of F1 and most definitely not in his prime.. Personally I think current ric wouldn't be any closer than Perez is atm. But that's just my opinion
Ricciardo was very competitive against Max. What he lacked sometimes in outright speed sometimes against Max he made up for in racecraft. Would definitely love to see them partnered together again. They were a strong duo. Perez is overrated imo, he has made alot of mistakes this season and crashed the car a number of times. He is nowhere near as good a wheel to wheel racer as Ricciardo too. Look at his terrible 10 pin bowling effort at the last GP. Just really poor. Dan achieved some fantastic results in a cars that were not the best of the field in the years he drove too unlike the Red Bull Perez has driven the last few years which is an absolute beast.
There is a geoblock on this video. Can someone tell what Jonathan Eddolls is telling about Ricciardo?
EDIT: I found this:
Speaking at Suzuka in the FIA press conference, AlphaTauri trackside engineering chief Jonathan Eddolls provided an update on Ricciardo’s recovery.
“We all saw him in Singapore,” he said. “He’s still going through that recovery phase. I’d say we’re still talking a while away.
“So I wouldn’t want to put a target on it. The recovery is going well. We’ve got some simulator work planned before a return and I think from our side and his side there’s no rush to get him back too early.
“The worst thing would be to come back before it’s properly healed and cause any issues. Watch this space.”
Eddolls reiterated that the simulator will be a good test to see whether Ricciardo is able to return to F1, with the final decision to come from the Australian himself.
“He will jump in the simulator which is a very good representative of the car, all of the loads etc,” he added.
“The final decision is more than likely going to come from him than from us. He will know better than anyone. How’s the pain? How’s the recovery? As said, we’re not putting him under pressure to come back. We’ve got a pool of three good drivers at the moment.
“There’s no big rush. The focus is on him making a full recovery so that when he comes back it’s not a point that’s even talked about.”
Last edited by Wouter on 22 Sep 2023, 07:38, edited 1 time in total.
Sounds like it's a no brainer to keep Ricciardo. AT praised his feedback saying it's been invaluable. Is it any wonder the recent jump in car performance that corresponds with these statements? He has the unique reference point of having recently driven the almighty RB19 to help them.
As for old mate Bill claiming Yuki has it over Ricciardo, sorry not a chance so far. Ricciardo jumped straight in at Hungary and if not for getting punted into T1 would have smashed him instead of just comfortably beating him and also beating him in quali.
Dan also easily beat Yuki in the Spa sprint. It's only by a small track infringement that he missed qualifying much higher for the main race. He was holed up by the Haas cars which were fast on the straights too. So really only the somewhat convincing win in the Spa main race over Dan so far.
AMuS is the source of the rumor. Let's wait and see.
