Daniel Ricciardo, sixteenth with a McLaren, which is a car that can compete perfectly in the top eight. In fact, the pilot could only fight with Nicholas Latifi at the United States Grand Prix. The worst driver on the current grid.
Ricciardo has three races left to finish his time at McLaren. A stage in which he has far from achieved the expected results. And with his statements he makes it clear that he needs to leave Formula 1 as soon as possible.
“When you think things can’t get worse, they do”said the Australian driver after the Austin test. Oscar Piastri He is already waiting to take his position from 2023.
“I don’t know how I keep going because… it’s painful to fall short,” said the teammate. Lando Norris, which finished sixth only behind the Red Bulls, Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari and the two Mercedes.
He didn’t understand how he could finish so far back: “I’m not happy with that qualifying. We were struggling a lot with the rear of the car and we had some scares in the first sector.”
“Clearly we just don’t get over it. We have to find out why as it’s not giving me what I want,” he details of the McLaren.
Ricciardo’s year is disastrous in terms of results. It only adds 29 points in the entire world, just three more than Kevin Magnussen’s Haas with a much superior car. His partner almost tripled his score: 109 points.
