Pink Bull F1 workforce principal Christian Horner says Daniel Ricciardo should “work laborious to retain” his seat at RB.
Ricciardo was neglected for a return to the Pink Bull senior workforce subsequent 12 months with Sergio Perez being re-signed to stay Max Verstappen’s teammate for the subsequent two seasons.
In the meantime, over the Canadian Grand Prix weekend, Pink Bull additionally confirmed that Ricciardo’s stablemate, Yuki Tsunoda, will probably be staying put at sister workforce RB for 2025.
That leaves only one seat left to fill within the Pink Bull secure which is at present occupied by Ricciardo, who has endured a combined begin to the 2024 marketing campaign.
“I believe Daniel has had an up and down begin to the 12 months,” Horner advised Sky Sports activities in Canada.
“He is aware of he has to ship. He knew he hadn’t carried out sufficient to warrant a seat within the senior workforce for subsequent 12 months.”
Horner admitted that Ricciardo should work to maintain maintain of his drive, with Pink Bull juniors Liam Lawson and Method 2 frontrunner Isack Hadjar trying to reap the benefits of any potential opening.
“There’s nonetheless loads of time,” Horner mentioned about when a call on the second seat will probably be made.
“We’ve bought Daniel, whose clearly bought an excessive amount of expertise and I believe what you possibly can’t ignore that his expertise has positively benefitted Yuki, as a result of there’s some actual engineering path in there and I believe there’s actually helped that point.
“We’ve bought some nice younger expertise coming by in Method 2, we’ve bought Isack Hadjar knocking on the door.
“He’s [Ricciardo] going to should work laborious to retain that seat, if that is what he desires to do.
“Liam [Lawson] as properly, he’s one other actually legitimate member of the workforce. He’s champing on the bit, glued to each session. And we all know what he’s able to. So there’s all the time strain on the incumbent drivers.”
