Ricciardo's career as a driver at McLaren is in jeopardy

Daniel Ricciardo says he has weathered moments of frustration and he is struggling to adapt to the 2021 McLaren F1 car and has taken on a constant challenge. But how much time will the team give you?

The Australian has struggled throughout the season to rival teammate Norris, who has struggled to adapt his driving style to suit the requirements of the MCL35M.

There have always been signs of improvement, such as finishing fifth at Silverstone, behind Norris.

He said: "It's really frustrating at times, but I've probably passed the time of frustration and I think now it's a reality and I still need to find more ways to fit into the car. I also know that this may also require a process. I wasn't panicking at first, but I realized I was losing, I was just trying to figure out where I was losing and what I needed to help you understand more about the 0.3s or 0.4s loss in a lap. ”

Ricciardo also thinks he did well at The Silverstone weekend, although he felt better on a lap in qualifying than in the main race.

He himself believes that there is a difference between just feeling and being able to actually push the car to the limit, and it is not yet consistent. In the second half of the race on Silverstone, because Sainz put a lot of pressure on him at that time, he was forced to push the car to the limit, but fortunately, he persevered to the end.

Comment: Silverstone Richardo does have a good performance, but he still has not left the dangerous period of whether to renew his contract, before the British station, Ricardo's performance is simply a disaster, especially compared to teammate Norris, it is a world of difference, which makes Zach . Brown has also lost confidence in leaving, unlike Alonso, who, although at the beginning of the season, all the performances were behind teammate Ocon, but the last five races have shown the performance of a first-class driver.

For Ricciardo, if he is still behind Norris in the rest of the race, I believe that McLaren will consider making Norris the number one driver of the team, and I believe that for the choice of the number 2 driver, the team is more inclined to act as a wingman and train new people.

In addition, for the evaluation of the driver's ability, although the wisdom of the wise, but Ricciardo is obviously not recognized as a first-class driver in the paddock, as a traditional big team trying to revive, especially in the case of the overall competitiveness of the car this year, Ricciardo's performance is obviously not worthy of the driver's seat.