168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Daniel Ricciardo’s F1 future is still uncertai♛n even though he’s “protected” by Red Bull boss Christian H﷽orner.

According to veteran Andrew Benson, Riccꦉiardo𒐪 is still “at risk” of losing his seat to Liam Lawson for 2025.

However, the sav꧋ing grace for Ricciardo is that he has the backing of the Red Bull boss.

Despite showing flashes of brilliance, such as qualifying fifth at the Canadian Grand Prix, Ricciardo has generally struggled to get on level terms with RB teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Yuki Tsunoda.

Tsunoda le🍸ads 7-2 in the qualifying head-to-head 💎and is 14 points clear in the drivers’ championship.

Canada was encouraging for Ricciardo though as he responded to heavy criticisꦗm from 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneueve to finish in the points.

For 2025, it’s still🃏 unclear whether Ricciardo💟 will stay or Lawson will get a deserved call-up as a full-time driver.

“Ricciardo is 7-2 down on Tsunoda iꦆn grand prix qualifying sessions this year and slightly slower on average,” Benson wrote. “And the problem with that is that Red Bull don't rate the Japanese as a top-line driver.

“This is why Ricciardo has gone from being c🔴onsidered a potential replacement for Sergio Perez in the main Red Bull team, to being at risk of losing his seat.

Reserve driv😼er Liam La𓃲wson is waiting in the wings.

“But Ricciardo is currently protected by team principal Christian Horner. It remain🌱s to be seen which way Red Bull go in choosing a partner for Tsunoda at what is now called RB in 2025.”

Ricciardo has generally been inconsistent since returning to F1 in the middl📖e of last year.

Even putting aside his injury, his starring performances have been erratic with only his impressive drive i🍸n Mexico City the standout performance from last year.

Similarly in 2024, the Mi🍎ami sprint and the Canada weekend are the main highlights.

“Ricciardo's performance for RB at the Canadian Grand Prix - qualifying a superb fifth and finishing in the points in eighth place despite a five-second penalty for jumping the start - was exactly what he needed after an unconvincing𒆙 start to the season,” Benson added.

“Ricciardo was the subject of some harsh criticism from Jacques Villeneuve, who was a pu꧒ndit for Sky television over the weekend, with the 1997 world champion asking: "Why is he still in F1?" Ricciardo did not take kindly to that. But, whatever one thinks of Villeneuve’s comments, the fact is that Ricciardo has not been performing as Red Bull expected ༺since he returned to F1.

“He replaced Nyck de Vries with the team who were then called Alpha Tauri midway through last season and was unlucky to break his hand i🍷n a crash at the Dutch Grand Prix, only his third race after returning, and miss five races. But in the events he did feature in last year, he was more often than not slower than team-mate Yuki Tsunoda - apart from a starring performance in Mexico.

“And the trend has continued this year, with the odd exception such as the sprint qualifying session in Chဣina and now Canada.”