mzso wrote: ↑29 Feb 2024, 01:35
diffuser wrote: ↑28 Feb 2024, 14:55
The question that needs answering is "is Ricciardo still the driver he once was or is the Ricciardo that drove for McLaren permanent?"
There's only one Ricciardo. The McLaren stint only proves that he wasn't the quality of the best drivers.
That's rubbish, he beat Vettel fair and square at RedBull and won 3 races against the dominant Mercedes team despite having an under-powered Renault PU.
Are you going to tell me that because Vettel, a 4 time WDC, couldn't win without a blown diffuser, he wasn't "the quality of the best drivers"?
Even last year Lando described the MCL60 as
"almost crashing at every corner"
- the simple fact is, Daniel couldnt trust the McLaren's and most drivers need confidence that the car is going to behave so they can get the most out of it.
https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/norri ... /10490977/