THE Formula 1 says goodbye to one of its most charismatic pilots of the last decade. Daniel Ricciardo He says goodbye to fourteen seasons in the motorsport elite, during which he achieved eight victories.
As the “Grand Cirque” bids him farewell, one of his former bosses takes the opportunity to talk about the Australian’s career. Nothing more and nothing less than Helmut Markoadvise Red Bullwho continues to demonstrate his ease in don’t bite your tongue.
“I don’t know what exactly happened, because if we had knownwe would have helped him. But the speed and especially this late braking, and then going left or right… in recent years he tried but it was no longer there, the the killer instinct was gone“, said Marko in ‘Motorsport’.
The advisor also let it slip that more was expected of him during his last stop at AlphaTauri: “I think it was made clear to him that he had to be significantly better than Yuki Tsunoda and he only achieved that. ‘in a few races, so it was clear that this story of the prodigal son who joins Red Bull Racing unfortunately it didn’t work“.
Fortunately, Marko also had a good word for Ricciardo and finished by praising his performance in the Singapore Grand Prix: “He was briefed, and the performance worthy of a farewell was, I think, the fastest lap. It continues to show the potential he has, not continuously and not to the level that would have warranted it to come to Red Bull Racing, but that was a impeccable performance“.
