Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has said he is confident that Daniel Ricciardo will overcome the current struggles he is having at McLaren and show the F1 paddock that he is still a “great driver.” Ricciardo raced with Red Bull after coming up through their junior programme, but he decided to leave the team
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Daniel Ricciardo has had a difficult start to life as a McLaren driver, with him being comprehensively outperformed by his less experienced team-mate, Lando Norris, at most of the grand prix contested so far this season. Speaking after the Austrian Grand Prix, Ricciardo admitted that it had been an “unexpected and difficult” season thus far,
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McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl has admitted that the Woking-based Formula 1 team is disappointed with Daniel Ricciardo’s opening races with his new team. Ricciardo joined McLaren from Renault at the end of 2020, and he has been comprehensively outperformed by his much less experienced team-mate Lando Norris at most grand prix so far this
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McLaren F1 driver Lando Norris has said he believes he could give Red Bull ace Max Verstappen a run for his money if he had a similarly competitive car. Norris, now in his third season in Formula 1, has had a very strong start to the 2021 season and is currently third in the Drivers’
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Daniel Ricciardo has said he believes Max Verstappen is a better racer than his current team-mate Lando Norris, though he stressed that he probably thinks this because he has more experience with the Dutch ace. Ricciardo has partnered Norris at McLaren this year after deciding to ditch Renault last campaign. READ: FIA Responds To Sebastian
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Daniel Ricciardo has said he believes McLaren made the right call by asking him to let team-mate Lando Norris through early in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix when they were running in P5 and P6, respectively. Norris finished the race in third to score his second-ever F1 podium, while Ricciardo brought his McLaren home in
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McLaren driver Daniel Ricciardo has said he is “certainly not defeated” by team-mate Lando Norris’ podium in the 2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. Ricciardo was ahead of Norris towards the start of the race, but the team ordered him to let the young Brit through so they could see his pace in clean air. Follow
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McLaren driver Lando Norris can prove he is a future World Champion by repeating his outstanding performance at Imola in the next few races of the season, ex-F1 driver Marc Surer told Formula1News.co.uk on Tuesday. The 21-year-old, now in his third season with McLaren in Formula One, set a lap time good enough for P2
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Ex-F1 driver Paul di Resta has been confirmed as part of McLaren’s pool of reserve drivers. McLaren have a deal with the Mercedes F1 Team to share the Silver Arrows’ two reserve drivers – Stoffel Vandoorne and Nyck de Vries – this season, but di Resta gives them another option should they be unavailable due
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The Alpine F1 Team is wary that the intra-team rivalry between Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon could get out of hand, and team ambassador Alain Prost has said it’s “important that there are no dangerous games.” Following Daniel Ricciardo signing to join McLaren last campaign, Alpine inked a deal with Fernando Alonso for him to
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