My guess is that Perez performances are worrying, so they need some data on Danny Ric in a car to get a handle on both him and Yuki in case Checo doesn’t shape up and drastic action needs to be taken for next year.
If RB thinks other teams could catch up to them, they need a number 2 driver that can support Max at the front, and right now Checo isn’t doing that.
It’s been clear for a while that NdV has no future in RB anyway, so they’re not losing much doing this.
![[Erik van Haren] Nyck de Vries immediately sent away from AlphaTauri. Daniel Ricciardo will replace him in Hungary next week.](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/df4ad383-f4eb-4b0c-a5e6-bf480a0620c5.png){kind=link}
anyone ELI5 what lead to this? this team is at the bottom of the standings and I dont remember drivers just getting kicked out mid season
My guess is that Perez performances are worrying, so they need some data on Danny Ric in a car to get a handle on both him and Yuki in case Checo doesn’t shape up and drastic action needs to be taken for next year.
If RB thinks other teams could catch up to them, they need a number 2 driver that can support Max at the front, and right now Checo isn’t doing that.
It’s been clear for a while that NdV has no future in RB anyway, so they’re not losing much doing this.
The only reason I can think of, is that they want a benchmark to test Riccardo against. To assess their options for the main team for next year.
Or to install Riccardo as the bench mark for their talents in the feeding series.