Red Bull slammed for “way too early” sacking of Nyck de Vries just 10 races into 2023 F1 season

Several drivers have publicly criticised Red Bull’s decision to drop Nyck de Vries mid-way through the 2023 F1 season. 
Red Bull slammed for “way too early” sacking of de Vries

Dutch rookie de Vries was sacked by Red Bull just 10 races into his first-full season at AlphaTauri, with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Daniel Ricciardo drafted in as hi🥀s replacement to com🌳plete a surprise return to F1. 

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But the latest example in a long line of ruthless decisions made by Red Bull over the years has not gone down well with some of de Vries’ fellow countrymen.&nbs🐎p;

“Racing is cruel and so are the d🍬ecisions,” said Tom Coronel. 

“In my opinion, it’s way toౠo early to make a decision about a driver when you’re not even halfway the season. 

“He had a good race in Silverstone and made progress throughout the season, even with the slowest car on-traওck. He’s not far behind from a team mate who’s having his third year with the team.

“Nyck has won every siꦍngle race class he participated in: from karting, Formula 2, FE, superb performance in several endurance race cars and so on. I’m 100% sure a lot a F1 drivers don’t have a racing career like Nyck had already.

“There’s a lot more than F1, but [he] deserved to have a full season to🔯 show your progress.”

Fellow Dutchman and former Caterham F1💜 driver Giedo van der Garde expressed sympathy for de Vries. 

Nyck de Vries (NLD) AlphaTauri AT04. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 11, British Grand Prix, Silverstone, England,
Nyck de Vries (NLD) AlphaTauri AT04. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 11, British Grand Prix,…

“Never expected it to be over 🍸so quickly for Nyck,” he wrote. 

“If you look back at it, the amount of ti🙈me he was given to get used to the car and the progress he made (slowly but surely) it’s – in my opinion – been too soon. 

“As for Nyck, this hurts like a m*#%{f^]er.”

He added: “I remember when my career ended so quickly, I couldn’t watch💛 a single metre of racing. That’s understandable, but let’s not forget this guy is quick as hell, has proven him🙈self in a lot of categories and has a bright future in motorsport ahead of him.

“It might be too soon to focu✅s on that, but important to keep in mind. Cheer up and you can be proud of yourselfꦚ buddy.”

Two of de Vries𝔍’ former Formula E rivals also waded in on the debate. 

“When you axe a driver after 10 races it shows the process of making the hiring decision is wrong,🥂” Lucas di Grassi wrote. 

“Motor racing relies too much on instiꦡnct or ‘one lap’ or ‘one race r🍸esult’ instead of looking the long term norm of a specific driver. 

“So much methodologꦇy and data to make the car faster, so little to choose the right race driver.”

Meanwhile, Antonio Felix da Costa said: “🍃Can only imagi෴ne how hard it must be to quickly get used to an F1, perform with only a couple days testing. 

“Nyck is getting closer t♋o [Yuki] Tsunoda every weekend, who, let’s not forget, had to have a couple of bad days himself to get to this level."

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