On Tuesday, Red Bull issued a largely unexpected press release announcing the resignation of Nick de Vries and the invitation to replace him with Daniel Ricciardo. An ESPN source told how the decisions were made by Christian Horner and Helmut Marko.
On Tuesday Daniel Ricciardo got behind the wheel of a real Red Bull Racing car at Silverstone to test Pirelli tires for the 2024 season. After that, events developed rapidly.
About an hour after starting work on the circuit, Christian Horner called Helmut Marko to report on Daniel’s impressive driving pace. Soon Marco Horner called back to say that he had just fired Nick de Vries.
After Marco’s phone call, Nick’s manager contacted several Dutch journalists who were the first to report the dismissal on Tuesday afternoon. This forced Red Bull to urgently issue their press release about the changes in the composition of AlphaTauri. Initially, the team planned not to make an announcement right away, but towards the end of the week.
As for Ricciardo’s pace, which impressed Horner, Daniel set his best lap in 1:27.415 s. This time would be enough to qualify eighth last Saturday.
However, a team source added that such a comparison is not entirely accurate as track conditions were different, as was the amount of fuel in the tanks, and Ricciardo was working with prototype tires for next season, as he competed in the British Grand Prix used to be. Prix qualifying, all riders used real tyres.
Source: F1 News
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