With Nyck de Vries failing to live up to his teammate Yuki Tsunoda at AlphaTauri, speculation has begun over how much longer the Dutchman will remain at the team. The Red Bull junior team famously expects a lot from its drivers, with a willingness to ruthless dump anyone who fails to rise to the demands placed upon them. If de Vries was dropped from AlphaTauri, Daniel Ricciardo has been touted as the obvious choice for his replacement given the Australian’s experience and current role as Red Bull reserve driver. The rumours have been fuelled by Ricciardo’s recent seat fitting at AlphaTauri’s Faenza base, although this later turned out to be a long-planned event as part of his deal...
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