So the shootout between Lawson and Ricciardo is canceled, and we don't get to know which one is faster after Verstappen and Tsunoda.Wouter wrote:.
Strange. Ricciardo said yesterday also on a TV broadcast he was flying today to Australia and the second half of the 3 weeks off
he will be back in Europe.
How about the filming day later this week in Imola? Only Liam because they already made the decision?
I wonder if the Carlos Slim money has anything to do with it?runningmanz wrote: ↑30 Jul 2024, 00:10Well RBR just confirmed Perez staying at RBR. What a daft decision. Yuki, Dan or Liam could do a better job. Gasly and Albon must feel ripped off for being kicked out for far less. Perez must have dirt on Horner or something its nuts how he is still in that RBR seat after the amount of crash damage and lack of points he has scored this year.
Not sure what happens now with Dan and Liam. Going to be a very interesting summer break.
Yeah could be as it's just a completely bizarre decision if you are basing it on performance. Wonder if we will hear anything soon about Dan and Liam given Liam is free to look elsewhere from SEP on right? Not alot of seats left after Sainz signing for Williams.djos wrote: ↑30 Jul 2024, 00:19I wonder if the Carlos Slim money has anything to do with it?runningmanz wrote: ↑30 Jul 2024, 00:10Well RBR just confirmed Perez staying at RBR. What a daft decision. Yuki, Dan or Liam could do a better job. Gasly and Albon must feel ripped off for being kicked out for far less. Perez must have dirt on Horner or something its nuts how he is still in that RBR seat after the amount of crash damage and lack of points he has scored this year.
Not sure what happens now with Dan and Liam. Going to be a very interesting summer break.
https://apple.news/AZ6Q8GomFTImDMLUXDH-rTwChristian Horner: 'Filming day' not a shootout between Daniel Ricciardo and Liam Lawson
This week, Red Bull Racing will see Daniel Ricciardo and Liam Lawson behind the wheel of the 2024 VCARB F1 car at the historic Imola circuit.
Officially described as a "filming day" for content purposes, the test has garnered significant attention amid speculation about the drivers' futures.
Christian Horner, Red Bull's team principal, has sought to downplay the rumours, insisting the event is merely a routine filming day.
"It's a filming day, so they'll be filming. It's all about content," Horner said.
"It is in the current car, because you can do 200 km in the current car. So they'll both be doing plenty of filming."
Despite Horner's assurances, the test has been unofficially dubbed a 'shootout' to determine which driver could potentially replace Sergio Perez for the remainder of the 2024 F1 season.
Perez's recent form has been a cause for concern within the team. The Mexican driver has scored only 28 points in the last eight races, a performance that has jeopardised Red Bull's dominance in the F1 constructors' championship.
This dip in form has led to increasing speculation about his future with the team.
The upcoming test at Imola is therefore seen as a critical moment for both Ricciardo and Lawson.
Ricciardo, a seasoned driver with prior experience at Red Bull, and Lawson, a promising young talent, will both be eager to impress the team and stake their claim for a spot in the main driver lineup.
"I think he's done alright," Horner said when asked about Ricciardo.
"I haven't looked at the race, I only saw the end result that he was 11th [10th after Russell's DSQ], and starting on the soft tire, he's obviously driven a good race."
.In Milton Keynes this Monday, there was a meeting between team boss Christian Horner and external advisor Helmut Marko.
Immediately after the Belgian Grand Prix, Sergio Perez boarded a private plane that took him to Guadalajara, Mexico. There in his hometown, Max Verstappen's teammate at Red Bull Racing hopes to unwind in the coming days, after months of speculation about his future at the Austrian racing team. Perez will re-join Red Bull after the summer break - which was decided by team management on Monday - and that must feel like a relief to Perez, although the outside world will wonder why Red Bull is keeping him on?
Red Bull's constructors' title in jeopardy
This makes it more unlikely by the week that Red Bull will be able to hold the - currently still - lead over McLaren until the end, with Max Verstappen almost single-handedly going up against Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris.
Undoubtedly, Red Bull has also weighed up whether having Perez gives them the best chance of winning that title, and so the answer to that question has turned out to be 'yes', otherwise Perez would have been replaced.
Possibly a factor in this is the uncertainty that a new driver alongside Verstappen brings anyway.
There were only two candidates if Perez left; Daniel Ricciardo and Liam Lawson. The former is a friend of Horner,
but even the team boss finds it hard to ignore the fact that the Australian is no longer a shadow of the driver he was in the past.
To put it somewhat bluntly, swapping Perez with Ricciardo could just be a waste of time.
I wonder for what marketing reasons Red Bull Racing would want/need Yuki in this year's RB car. I would think that the real only reasons are to 1.) Have content ready to go if he does get called up for next year. 2) see how acclimated Yuki can get with the RB20 as well as 3.) possibly identifying differences between the RB20 and VCARB01 that he could use as reference point. If Perez is no longer addressing the media regarding this year, it may mean that contractually he's entitled to stay out the year and RBR can't do anything about it (but also for team morale etc). They may wait until after the season to announce a driver change. Bayer is pointing out that Yuki is learning from Dan, which means he's still got a higher ceiling. With Max as a benchmark, could Yuki also learn from him or just be left confused and frustrated like the rest. I also think that Honda staffs would also put in that extra effort if their Japanese driver was in the top team.Wouter wrote: ↑30 Jul 2024, 08:55Tsunoda will then have to drive this year's RB car for a filming day according to the initial planning.
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It seems they think no driver will do better than Perez and they accept they don't win the WCC.
On Thursday at Imola Ricciardo, Ayumu Iwasa and Liam will drive a 2022 SAT car to see who is quicker?
