Alesi believes Ricciardo will find a place in a good team

Jean Alesi believes in Daniel Ricciardo and believes he can still get in shape and fight for race wins again.

One of the main topics of recent weeks has been the Australian’s likely farewell to McLaren after two years of working together, which has developed somewhat erratically as Daniel has not been able to feel completely comfortable behind the wheel of a machine used in Woking. is made.

Last year he had similar problems, but after a summer break he was able to turn the tide and win the Italian Grand Prix at Monza. But things are not going well for Ricciardo this season and he will likely have to say goodbye to McLaren, as the team has reportedly already signed Oscar Piastri for 2023.

At the same time, Piastri remains Alpine F1’s reserve driver for now and counted on his services next season, so they rushed to announce that he would become Esteban Okon’s new partner. However, Oscar said he would not play for this team and almost immediately leaked to the press that 21-year-old Australian Ricciardo would replace Ricciardo at McLaren.

Now the dispute over the contracts of Piastri and Ricciardo will be dealt with by a special body of the FIA, and before the ruling it is difficult to predict how further events will develop. According to Alesi, a former driver of Tyrrell, Ferrari, Benetton, Sauber, Prost and Jordan, if Daniel manages to move to a strong team, he can still win the Grand Prix.

“Daniel is one of the brightest characters in Formula 1,” British edition Give Me Sport quoted Alesi as saying. – When I meet fans of Formula 1, there is no one who would not talk about Riccardo, because everyone loves him.

Of course Lando Norris is the new star of F1, while Daniel sometimes has to fight with the car, but there is no doubt that he will find a place in a good team and return to the top group.

I really like Daniel, but I also like the current situation in the pilot market. It’s great, that’s what the fans want. We love transitions like the one Ronaldo made from Juventus to Manchester United.

At the same time, Alesi said he was not surprised that Piastri became the hero of this controversial story, as both Alpine F1 and McLaren are calling for his services: “It’s great when a young driver is between two teams, and both want to drive their car. Oscar’s debut in motorsport was impressive: in the first season he became champion of Formula 3, before immediately conquering the title in Formula 2.

But this year he is not racing, and this shocks me more than what is happening now. I think fast young drivers should be able to go into Formula 1, this would be in the best way in the spirit of the renewed world championship.