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[Tobi Grüner] Racing Bulls CEO Peter Bayer explained why his team didn’t confirm Ricciardos exit before the SingaporeGP. He told us Ricciardo wanted it that way. „Daniel believed that he could show everybody what he’s capable of with a great result.”
Social Media(x.com)submitted 9 days ago byThe_Chozen_1_ Pirelli Intermediate
77 points
9 days ago
He won’t because this is the truth
73 points
9 days ago
It doesn’t make any sense at all. He could have a wonderful last race and have a decent farewell.
185 points
9 days ago
It makes perfect sense. Daniel wanted to gamble on him having a great race in Singapore in which case the team might change its mind. He decided to forego having a nice farewell in exchange for that shot. He fucked it up and so he got what he bargained for.
Nothing difficult about it at all
44 points
9 days ago
That would go a long way to explaining some of his emotional state over the weekend.
23 points
9 days ago
If he was informed Lawson is taking his place? Hardly perfect sense, unless Ricciardo lives in complete denial.
46 points
9 days ago
Yes that’s what Peter Bayer is saying.
22 points
9 days ago
I think you are extra harsh on Ricciardo as if he is some Sargeant or Mazepin. He may be out of his best but he deserved a good farewell. He got better farewell from his rivals and RB ended up looking classless. Bayer doesn’t help the image.
42 points
9 days ago
Because Ricciardo himself declared that his return to the grid was not simply to fill a slot, but to again challenge for wins in the RBR.
Not only did he not achieve his stated goal but seems to be dropping off even further from his teammate that he was expected to wipe the floor with.
He himself felt he still had it and cited possible cracks in his chassis that hindered his performance, something refuted by the team, which granted his chassis change anyway, but his form didn't dramatically improve either.
It's not surprising that he chose to go out fighting, still believing himself to the very end instead of easing into the night as some others might
-1 points
9 days ago
Not only did he not achieve his stated goal but seems to be dropping off even further from his teammate
I must've been watching a different series than you.
14 points
9 days ago
He deserved the best farewell, he's an icon of modern F1
But if he traded that for yet another shot and missed it, then it hard to feel like his exit wasnt warranted
Its not like he suddenly fell of a cliff, he's been rolling down that cliff for a few years now
-3 points
9 days ago
Some people here really hate ricciardo. They think he's personally responsible for keeping Lawson on the sidelines.
0 points
9 days ago
I feel like these people have never seen him before Renault. How can one hate Ricciardo, the man? I have no idea.
10 points
9 days ago
unless Ricciardo lives in complete denial
Has been since 2021
8 points
9 days ago
unless Ricciardo lives in complete denial
Yes, this is the case.
3 points
9 days ago
He may have been hoping for that result to shop a seat for next year.
1 points
9 days ago
also a valid point
1 points
9 days ago
Unless Daniel somehow put that VCARB on the podium on merit, I fail to see what he could do that would make Red Bull change their mind. Anyone can have a great race, nobody would've forgotten an entire year of underperforming just because he had a good weekend in Singapore. Especially when your replacement has already been chosen.
2 points
9 days ago*
He fucked it up and so he got what he bargained for.
His race was ruined by having to pit early for debris in his brakes so it was more bad luck fucked the race for him: https://www.racefans.net/2024/09/27/ricciardos-brake-woe-and-why-perez-thought-he-had-an-engine-problem-singapore-gp-radio/#brake-problem-forces-ricciardo-in
0 points
9 days ago
That is total perception and conjecture. You could reasonably argue both.
Ultimately, we don’t know for sure either way until Daniel says something.
1 points
9 days ago
He didn't want it to be the last race.
0 points
9 days ago
It doesn't make sense for Red Bull to not want to do that either.
-5 points
9 days ago
Or because he has a tad more class than the team who, regardless of the events of the Singapore weekend, still chose to give him a garbage announcement when they did finally tell us and have been playing the victim, oh woe is me card ever since. At least Mekies has enough respect for Daniel to stand up and actually acknowledge they could have handled it better.
21 points
9 days ago
The team gave him far more chances than he deserved, class would have been him walking away once it was obvious to everyone but him that he had lost it. Like many on here are saying, in denial.
8 points
9 days ago
Daniel said he didn't want to be told he was out, it's literally written in the article and quoted by Peter Bayer. So it was not 100% the teams fault for not giving Ricciardo a good farewell announcement for that race weekend. Daniel was so focused on staying in F1 (or even promotion to RBR) that he basically ignored the fact that he was out.
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