In August 2022, Australian driver Daniel Ricciardo put away his signature smile and announced his "split" with McLaren through his social account, while proving that "40,000 brothers" resolutely left the Red Bull system that year, which was a wrong decision.
After Daniel Ricciardo terminated his contract with McLaren, he did not give up his F1 career and was willing to return to his mother, Red Bull Racing, as a substitute driver. In just half a season, Nick de Vries was waived by Alfatoli due to a sluggish record, and Daniel Ricciardo got the opportunity to play again, as long as he did not give up, the original F1 career has "Take 2".
Daniel Ricardo's post-Red Bull career
Daniel Ricciardo, who has always been aiming for world titles, became the target of Red Bull's support when Max Verstappen became the target of Red Bull's support, and "40,000 brothers" were discouraged and actively sought change, and resolutely left the Red Bull system for many years.
In Daniel Ricardo's first year with Renault, his points for the whole season were "greatly reduced", 116 points less than Red Bull's final season, which of course was related to the Renault tank at the time. As the vehicle progressed, Daniel Ricardo's record improved with it, and he was on the podium twice in 2020. Two years later, Daniel Ricciardo "went from yellow to orange" to McLaren, bringing the team their first race in nine years at Monza, Italy, for the ninth highest podium of his career, the highest level since leaving Red Bull.
The winner at Monza became his fig leaf, and Daniel Ricciardo did not perform as well as teammate Lando Norris. After a season, in the face of a major change in F1, the "40,000 brothers" spent half a season to adapt to the tank, everything seemed to be torn down, Daniel Ricardo resurfaced the problem of slow adaptation to the tank, only 37 points in the whole season, but Lando Norris scored 122 points, the performance of the whole season can be called "beating" Daniel Ricardo.
If you get rid of the cow, you can't go back to your mother's house
In the 4 seasons of "Cow Off", Daniel Ricciardo ended dismally, going further and further away from the world championship, and even losing his F1 position, so it seems that Daniel Ricardo is undoubtedly a big defeat in this gamble. However, this experience did not beat Daniel Ricardo, who announced his return to the "mother's home" Red Bull team at the end of last year, even as a substitute driver and test driver, he did not mind.
Losing the driver position is not the end of the world, even if Daniel Ricardo is not a regular driver, but his exposure this year is not low, the bright smile continues to appear in F1, plus in recent years F1 has many successful "compound" examples, sometimes just waiting for an opportunity, and this day finally comes.
Nyck de Vries, who was promoted to represent Alfatori F1 for the first time this year, did not perform as well, Red Bull two high-ranking Christyn Horner (Christian Horner and Helmut Marko) expected Nick de Vries to be able to match Yuki Tsunoda, but there was a gap with expectations, and the two also said that they "picked the wrong person" and "cut" a few days ago, Nick M. De Vries loses his F1 seat.
Opportunities are left to those who are prepared
News of Nick de Vries' scorching has been circulating for some time, with Red Bull expected to be in a battle between Daniel Ricciardo and youngster Liam Lawson. As the old saying goes, opportunities are always left to those who are prepared, Daniel Ricciardo on Tuesday (11th) in the Silverstone's test, the lap time handed over can be ranked in the top row of last weekend's British legs, no wonder Christian Horner is overjoyed, "We are happy to see that Daniel (Daniel Ricardo) has not lost his race form, his lap time is very competitive, which is very gratifying." ”
Rekindle the dream of a world champion
Daniel Ricciardo spoke at lap times and smoothly returned to F1 after half a season, even if it is not a direct promotion to the "big bull", but returning to Alfatori is also a good choice, "40,000 brothers" have half a season to prove themselves again, if this half season is good, it is even expected to return to Red Bull.
"I really want to (go back)... I want to be back in the game next year and I still have dreams to fulfill. When Daniel Ricardo was interviewed earlier, he made it clear that he never wanted to give up. Daniel Ricciardo left Red Bull that day to chase the world championship, fortunately there is "Take 2" in life, or Red Bull is the best, go around and return to his mother's home, and now it is the strongest tank in F1, once the "40,000 brothers" return to Red Bull, maybe he can rekindle his dream of world championship.