Lewis Hamilton May Force Red Bull to Sack Sergio Perez as Daniel Ricciardo Emerges With the Golden Opportunity to Seal the Deal

The Hungaroring racetrack will soon satisfy fans’ longing to see their favorite Daniel Ricciardo return to the F1 grid. However, given the natural tendency of people, they promptly move on to the next wish after the previous one has been accomplished. Although Daniel Ricciardo’s decision to re-join the Formula 1 grid only appears impetuous, if one believes the experts and analysts, it’s not a simple comeback and instead appears to be a gamble taken by Red Bull. And as we continue, it seems Lewis Hamilton might press the Milton Keynes team to fire Sergio Perez in order to seal the deal involving the Honey Badger.

Due to the success, Max Verstappen has enjoyed since the second half of last year, Red Bull is enjoying a great season in 2023. However, Sergio Perez, who has been discovered to be having trouble with his form, particularly in the qualifying rounds, is still the subject of a lot of discussions. Nevertheless, the dominant Red Bull would not want to give up their lead in any scenario, since the F1 circus is approaching its midway point and the teams are preparing to put up a challenge against the fearsome Red Bull. For the Austrian team, who now sees more than three teams approaching them besides their arch-rival Mercedes, Perez’s form can be worrisome.

Given that Daniel Ricciardo’s comeback under the Red Bull banner, after he had demonstrated some incredible speed at the Silverstone test, the Honey Badger’s ravishing pace may force Red Bull to fire Sergio Perez. This might come in light of a recent indication from Lewis Hamilton where he stated Mercedes may be aiming to improve their car for the upcoming season.

 Joe Saward has put a question mark on Sergio Perez’s immediate future. The man said in his Green Notebook, “The big question mark in the immediate future remains Sergio Perez, who has been having a horrible time of late as Max Verstappen’s team mate. The Mexican’s has had his socks blown off in recent weeks and although he has a contract for 2024, there is fear in the team that if the opposition is stronger next year. Red Bull will need a better second driver.”

While wrapping up he said, ” I think this is probably why Daniel Ricciardo is being given a chance to show his paces with Scuderia AlphaTauri for the rest of the year.”

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The 2nd half of the 2023 season is going to be an interesting one. Even though Max Verstappen is running away with the championship, this silly season battle between Daniel Ricciardo & Sergio Perez could take some interesting turns. To throw light on this, Ted Kravitz has expressed his thoughts on this puzzling situation at RBR.

Red Bull gets served a “tricky” situation amidst Daniel Ricciardo’s gamble to join AlphaTauri

F1 is not just a sport but a major market. Here the teams here care about their profits and shares just as much as they do about competing and winning. One of the primary gains of retaining Sergio Perez for Red Bull is maximizing its presence in the South American & Mexican markets. So from a pure business perspective, Perez gets a strong case despite his dipping form.

On the other hand, everyone is well aware of the extent of Daniel Ricciardo’s devoted fan base. To highlight the tricky predicament Ted Kravitz has shared his thoughts. On the Sky Sports F1 podcast, Kravitz initially said about Ricciardo’s comeback, “It’s a really tricky one because this whole plan of coming back could be scuppered by being no quicker than Yuki Tsunoda.”

Later he mentioned the advantages, Checo brings. He said, “Even though Checo brings a lot of sponsorship and a lot of merchandise opportunities and selling Red Bull stuff in Mexico to Mexican fans. There are a few spots in point 2 on the car that came courtesy of, you know red bull’s desire to expand and exploit the South America and the Mexican market.” In the end while wrapping up the conversation Kravitz said, “ that you know he may well be worried if Red Bull decided to go the Ricardo way.”

Do you think sooner or later the Red Bull will go the Ricciardo way?

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