Daniel Ricciardo In Formula 1, it’s already ancient history. Red Bull has decided to terminate his contract at Racing Bulls and put the young man in his place. Liam Lawson until the end of this season. But this decision came from afar. Because Helmut Marko wanted to take it for several months. Even before summer.
He revealed it Christian Horner Red Bull boss, on the ‘F1 Nation’ podcast. The pressure on the Australian came from the Spanish Grand Prix, on the Montmeló circuit (the weekend of Sunday June 23).
“In Barcelona, Helmut Marko wanted him to get out of the car and there was already a lot of pressure on him…”, says the manager of the energy drinks team.
It was Horner who stopped this dismissal: “I did everything possible to give him as much time as possible in the car so that he could perform well.. Otherwise, they would have already taken him out of the car after Barcelona.”
“When we arrived in Montreal, it was Jacques Villeneuve who excited him, beating him (remembering his words). This definitely excited him, because the way he drove this weekend was brutal. “He took the bull by the horns and had a good weekend,” Horner recalls.
But after Canada, the results condemned Daniel. And although Horner tried to avoid it, ultimately Red Bull has indeed placed Lawson in this seat.
