Nonsense. Ricciardo's race pace hasn't been slow its been on a par with Yuki. Its his qualifying that has let him down and not everytime either where he was within a tenth or less of Yuki at Bahrain and Japan. His qualli pace at Oz was on track for Q3 until he ran wide in one corner. He also had a clean sweep at China weekend and beat him in the Miami sprint but has also undeniably some bad luck getting crashed out in Japan and China. His development work and direction is what has mainly help lift this car from last to 5th its been stated by Bayer, Mekies and also other F1 experts outside of the team. He also helped make the 2020 Renault a fast car as well with his setup direction and input. This is all fact.Dunlay wrote: ↑02 Jun 2024, 13:12The only real reason Daniel and Perez are in VCARB and Red Bull is because Horner wants them. Everything else is hogwash from the team personnel, to simply toe Horner's line. There has never been a slower driver that helps develop a car. Engineers don't listen to a slower driver's feedback. Never. Both of these drivers will be out when Horner is fed up of them.
You're just inventing a negative narrative without any facts.