Rival boss says Ricciardo 'frustrated'
A team manager says Daniel Ricciardo is "frustrated" with life at Renault.
For 2019, the Australian switched from being Max Verstappen's teammate at Red Bull to the French works team, declaring that he needed a new challenge.
But Renault's development has been slow and troubled, and according to Racing Point team manager Andy Stevenson, Ricciardo's frustration is showing. Stevenson was commenting after Ricciardo supposedly broke a "gentleman's agreement" about not overtaking rival cars on the lap before qualifying flyers.
"It seems that Daniel is beginning to get very frustrated that he is in a Renault rather than a Red Bull," he is quoted by Auto Motor und Sport, after Ricciardo tried to pass Sergio Pérez on the last corner of a qualifying warm-up lap in Hungary.
Stevenson said the "gentleman's agreement" about such moves was made in Monaco. "There was a discussion between the drivers and the FIA and that's when the gentlemen's agreement was made," he said.
In the race, Ricciardo's frustration showed again when he displayed the middle finger to Kevin Magnussen after a scrap. "This c*** is taking the p***, moving under braking," Ricciardo said on the radio.
Former F1 driver Christian Danner agrees that both Ricciardo and Nico Hulkenberg are frustrated with the current situation at Renault. "They are prisoners of their car," he told RTL.
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I believe Riccardo would have stayed at red bull if He had been given the same opportunity as Verstappen and had a decent car
There's not much difference in lap times of Mercedes/Ferrari/Red Bull and the mid-fielders. (It would only take avery small improvement for McLaren to join the front-runners)
When DRic joined F1, with his audacious late-braking overtakes he was spoken of confidently as a future Champion. He needs a car which allows him to display his talent.
If one could make a car that would compensate for the lack of driver's talent, every driver would be a champion.
That's the problem with F1 these days. How does Leclerk do so well as a rookie? It took years for the old timers to reach their peak: ther were no drivers in their first year winning races.
I feel you have, deliberately or otherwise, missed the point. Any driver, however talented (which Ricciardo undoubtedly is), can only be as competitive as the car allows. If Lewis was in a Williams, he’d still be at the back of the field.
How does one miss the point deliberately?
My point was tongue in cheek.
The problem with this board is that everybody is a little too serious. Hence...
On the serious note, if you check my posts, you'll see that I have argued what you just said all along. I advocate decoupling drivers from manufacturers. That way each driver would get to drive about twice a season for every manufacturer, and would team with another driver only about 1.05 times per season.
That would clearly demonstrate qualities and shortcomings of both cars and drivers.
Hahaha, that was my idea Simon! ;-)
Hopefully we will ever see this idea in the real world. I it would be fantastic. Teams and drivers get more acknowledgement and we can really see which driver and team and even car is the best. No it's said that the car/driver ratio is 75% the car and only 25% the driver.
Leopold,
Not a problem.
We are gentlemen and won't bicker over the detail as to who started it.
We shall take credit jointly, and split the royalty proceeds fairly.
That would be interesting, as would everyone in comparable cars! Sadly, it won’t work financially.
I admit that would put burden on the drivers.
Each driver, in essence, would become a free agent and would have to look for sponsors, as would the constructors.
Each driver and constructor would mandatorily contribute to the general pool, and every driver would be entitled to a set minimum draw. The rest would be performance driven, plus whatever your sponsorship brings in for you.
Happily it will never happen. Communism is dead and democracy in F1 never existed. Thank god that F1 is full of Alphas and not pedantic pussy’s.
What, then, do you consider all these stewards meting out penalties if not pedantic pussy's (sic)?
They made the call and are handing out the penalty, not sitting, wishing, hoping, but doing. Everyone knows the rules, and men will always try it on.
Please watch your language Camel, otherwise I have to delete your comment.
We all know that Dan is in a legal battle for commission fees with his former manager/advisor, and I imagine that this guy pushed Dan to go to Renault for the big Hollywood $$ while confirming Dans need for a challenge was there with the French team. knowing that his payday would be commensurate with Dans dollar value at Renault. Perhaps there’s an element of this realisation in Dans thinking now that the whore whisperer is in court seeking his filthy lucre in aces from Dan.
Dear oh dear..such language and tantrums Saivil, Leopold has threatened to delete such naughty comments.
And he'd be entirely within his right.
It surprises me that you, being the one who started it, feign being shocked and refer to a response on the level you instigated as a tantrum.
Oh well!
Not me who directed personal abuse at an F1 fan. You are obviously living in some alternative universe, but good luck with your outlandish dreams of how F1 is best run and the freaky strategies you offer up.
Thank you for playing!
Grow up Simone
I am not a prude but people using crude language on these forums are low life scum and show complete contempt for others.
Good bye...........
You used the c word not me so your self analysis is more than welcome.
I thought this issue was closed, but, as the saying goes, "criminals always return to the scene of the crime!"
You ask Leopold why he warned, but, I guess, you already know the answer.
Have a nice day.
Seek help Simone
Check craigslist dot com.
I have already placed an ad in "help wanted" section: need someone strong and not very smart, to help with moving and heavy lifting.
You are welcome to apply.
Tell us more about your plans for F1, a good laugh is what your good at producing. Use any of the identities you post under for this site, they’re all obvious. ?