The riders market is still waiting for two big moves after the announcement of the arrival of Oscar piastri in McLaren and the dismissal of Daniel Ricciardo, downloaded by the papaya team just to make room for his young compatriot. Ricciardo's future hangs in the balance, given his no longer young age and a trophy case that is gathering a bit too much dust. Just a year ago Daniel seemed to be reborn at Monza where he brought McLaren a victory that had been missing for years. But that victory was his only spark in two seasons with the English team and now finding another allocation becomes difficult. One of the hypotheses on the bench, just in case Alpine, decided to abandon the idea gasly would be to find a place there, in his former stable. Another alternative would be the Haas but Ricciardo would be too expensive an investment for the American team. The third hypothesis, the most supported at the moment, is that instead of seeing him occupy a third driver's seat in the Mercedes while waiting for the one Hamilton.
Lewis Hamilton backs it up
During the press conference, the two pilots teased each other by playing with the awkward questions of the journalists who asked those directly involved for an opinion on this scenario. To the question Lewis Hamilton replied so: "A rider with his talent deserves to race, if I were his manager he would race". On the future replacement at the hands of the Australian driver, however, he backtracked, clarifying his position: "I have no plans to retire anytime soon, sorry my friend".
And prepares for the comeback
Lewis Hamilton will be forced to take one penalty and starting from the bottom in Monza. The Englishman will mount a fresh Power Unit as well as Sainz and Bottas. The old one had been compromised in Belgium in the accident with Alonso and being Monza a motor track, and also seen the crescendo of the W13 in the last few races, the Brackley team decided not to risk it. “With the team we are making a lot of progress. We don't know yet if this weekend we'll be as competitive as last, we'll find out. I will try to recover from the bottom to the best of my ability. in Monza I won 5 times. It's a historic, unique circuit, the fastest on the calendar with a splendid crowd where overtaking is easy. But it is not at all easy to race on this track"Hamilton concluded.
Source statements: FormulaPassion
