Ricciardo close to greetings
The Chinese Grand Prix will be the last in April before Formula 1 moves to the USA for the first of three GPs scheduled in the United States on the street circuit of You love me. A weekend that according to the pilot and commentator Richard Bradleywinner of the 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans in the LMP2 class, will certainly be the last one this year for Daniel Ricciardo.
Lawson in place of the Australian
Still without points after the first four races of the world championship, unlike his teammate in Racing Bulls Yuki Tsunoda, the Australian is experiencing a period of great difficulty in terms of results. Finished against the barriers in the last GP of the season in Japan after contact at the start with Alex Albonincreasing the pressure on the Australian is the cumbersome presence of Liam Lawsonwho last season convinced as a rookie at the wheel of the then AlphaTauri as a replacement for Ricciardo, who was absent from five race weekends due to a hand injury after the Zandvoort accident.
The ‘amateur’ mistake at Suzuka
Already at the beginning of the season, despite the management of the young New Zealand driver having denied it several times, the indiscretion had emerged that Ricciardo could have seriously given up his seat to the current Super Formula driver in Miami or in any case after the weekend in Florida, thus becoming the first to lose his place in the ongoing 2024 championship: “After Miami he will be replaced, 100% – Bradley declared without too many words in the podcast On Track GP – as soon as we go to Europe, he will be gone. As a youngster I raced at Suzuka on numerous occasions because I competed in Super Formula. That accident – what happened with Albon, ed – is due to a complete loss of concentration. At that point as a driver you know that you will have a car in your blind spot. In a Formula 1 the blind spot is huge, crashing into Albon like he did it was an amateur mistake that is expected from a Formula 4 driver. I was really surprised, and at the time I didn’t see it nothing that convinces me that Ricciado deserves to remain in that seat instead of Liam Lawson“.
