Daniel Ricciardo still “the number one candidate” to replace Sergio Perez in 2025
Danielꦉ Ricciardo is still the favourite to replace Sergio Perez in 2025.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Daniel Ricciardo is still the frontrunner to replace 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez at Red Bull in 2025, according to Ted Kravitz.
Perez’s current Red Bull contract runs out at the end of 2꧙024, leading to intense speculation about his p꧟otential replacement.
Despite finishing a career-best second in the 2023 F1 drivers’ championship, Perez languished well behind Verstappen tꦇhroughout the season.
Ricciardo’s return to the Red Bull fold, replacing 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nyck de Vries in the middle of last year has only put more pr꧑essure on Perez heading into the new season.
While Ricciardo didn’t outclass 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Yuki Tsunoda, partially down t⛦o the injury he susta𓄧ined at Zandvoort, a strong start to 2024 might make his dream return to Red Bull a reality.
In a recent ♓Q&A on Sky Sports’ website, Kravitz explained why Ricciardo remains th🧜e favourite to replace.
“Firstly, I think he's going to have a very good season,” Kravtiz wrote. “I think he's goiওng be on the podium at least once in that RB. I think he's going to score a lot of points and help move that team forward.
“They've got a lot of ♔big technical signings - Tim Goss, a very e🧜xperienced technical guy, and a lot of people have joined from other teams, including Red Bull.
“And as for replacing Perez, ♏Danielꦫ is still, I think, the number one candidate to replace Perez, now that they can't get Lando and Lewis has gone elsewhere, it’s really between Ricciardo and Sainz.”
Kravitz sees Ricciardo as the ideal candidate to replace Perez, rather than 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz, due tಌo potential friction between the Spaniard and Verstappen back when they were teammates 🐬at Toro Rosso.
“I just think Ricciardo would be a little bit better for inter-team morale, purely because i♏t didn’t end particularly well when Sainz and Verstappen were team-mates,” he added.
“But they’re both older and they’ve both moved 🎀on a lot from the Toro Rosso days, so maybe it might work.
“But I still thin🎐k somewhere deep in Red🌠 Bull, the plan is for Danny Ric to replace Checo in 2025.”
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