With next weekend, Formula 1 will be celebrated il back on track by Daniel Ricciardo. The Australian, and third Red Bull driver, takes over from Nyck De Vries in Alpha Tauri, with a very clear objective: to allow the Faenza team to raise their heads again after a truly discouraging start but also, as admitted by Horner, have them ready in home Red Bull if a seat were to become available.
Red Bull: two garages, two different situations
At the moment in Red Bull there is a driver who does a different sport, and that is Max Verstappen. The Dutchman is preparing to become world champion for the third consecutive year and, if on the one hand he and his RB19 are in indestructible harmony, on the other side of the garage there is a Sergio Perez increasingly in difficulty. The results are not brilliant and the points gap from his teammate in the standings is 99.
Helmut Marko's idea
Ricciardo's arrival in AlphaTauri undoubtedly has the objective, on Helmut's part Marko, to send a very clear message to Sergio Perez, whose contract expires in 2024. If Ricciardo were to perform well with AlphaTauri, beating his new teammate Tsunoda - with Perez still in great difficulty - a great opportunity would open up for the Australian to return to the official line up of the Milton Keynes team.
Horner: “Ricciardo wants to run for 2025 seat”
To confirm, as told by FormulaPassion, is the same Red Bull Christian team principal Horner"At the moment there is only something on the table until the end of the season, so there are no thoughts or expectations beyond that. We loaned him to AlphaTauri until the end of the year, and obviously next year our drivers will still be Verstappen and Perez, but it's always good to have some reserve talent. I think Daniel is looking at AlphaTauri, but he absolutely wants to apply for the 2025 Red Bull seat. It's his golden goal, and going to AlphaTauri I think he sees it as the best way to establish himself for 2025".
