Daniel Ricciardo is going through a very difficult time these days. The Australian driver is very slow at the wheel of the otherwise very competitive Racing Bulls team, taking a spectacular beating from Yuki Tsunoda.
What is truly embarrassing is that he is taking a much bigger beating than the recently eliminated Nyck de Vries ever took... It is not just the fans who are upset, the professional world is apparently starting to form an opinion about Ricciardo's future. If the rumours in the paddock are to be believed, Helmut Marko is already sweating over the likeable driver's "performance" and has reportedly given him an ultimatum. If he is beaten by Tsunoda for the fourth time out of four at the Japanese Grand Prix - which, let's face it, he has every chance of doing against a driver who is being heated up by his home crowd - then he is going down, he is going up. Daniel Ricciardo is not helped by the fact that Liam Lawson, meanwhile, is also very much in vogue, clearly wanting a place for himself after his excellent run in last year's race. If "all goes well", he will have it soon...
Will the Japanese Grand Prix be RICCIARDO'S SURVIVAL?
Krisztián Márk Tóth |
