Our Reaction to the MISTREATMENT of Daniel Ricciardo

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[@ClinicalDecisionYikesYT]

Should’ve let him race in Austin and grid walk in full Americana gear.

[@Good_Horsey]

Switching him out before Austin is just salt on the wound, true dat

[@jaassonnha]

@@Good_Horsey And they'll be bringing in upgrades based on his feedback.. even more salt in the wound

[@micodyerski1621]

add then finish 19th

[@Vislow]

Should've stayed in Redbull

[@ClinicalDecisionYikesYT]

@@Vislow I don’t disagree.

[@Ciaran500]

They did Danny dirty by not announcing it before the last race. Let him have a send off.

[@makkert]

Giving drivers media training, but it looks like the management of VCARB and RB could use that as well. Just so bad and disrespectful.

[@hib6076]

So, let him drag the team down for the rest of the season? Where was all this sensitivity when De Vries was sacked?

[@ub3r979]

@@hib6076they meant they should’ve announced it before singapore. not at the end of the season

[@zed2653]

@@hib6076thats not what they said and you know it. say its ricciardo's last race before the event, so that fans can give a proper send off

[@hib6076]

@zed2653 everyone knew he was leaving! It was in a news for weeks that Lawsons contract required him to be on the grid so Danny would've had to leave. Yes, they could've announced it beforehand. But no one thought after that race that Danny would be back. At least those with common sense

[@bradymarchewka4788]

Best of luck to Lawson as he’s earned the seat. Worst of luck to VCARB as they royally fuck up everything

[@keanjones2446]

You leave Yuki out of this!

[@alexpartridge3317]

They’ve been fucking up their race strategies lately too

[@justinm.1]

@@keanjones2446 you’re the only one talking about Yuki here

[@Max_Flashheart]

The Kiwis are not happy how Daniel has been treated. It is a bad sign for the future.

[@scsutton1]

Wow, if New Zealand are backing an Australian, something has gone dreadfully wrong.

[@michaelcobbin]

Well no wonder, the closest Liam will get to a home race is the Australian Grand Prix.

[@twosnakse]

What you mean the Kiwis lol are you a representative for a country

[@EKTORPTULLSTA]

Daniel is Australian and Italian. A Kiwi is from New Zealand. Or am I missing something.

[@Max_Flashheart]

@@twosnakse New Zealanders and Aussies are competitive rivals but we still respect each other. I don't like seeing an Australian being treated this way it lacks respect. Yes I represent everyone in NZ lol

[@danielhartson8114]

Lawson is so deserving but I can’t help but feel bad for Danny

[@neets2495]

He's bang average and won't last beyond next year

[@justice4g]

He's not though, he won 4-1 vs Yuki but 2 were from strategy and 2 were Yuki DNFs

[@kianbeamish6437]

I just feel like Lawson will flop hard like devries. Does well in a race then is extremely off the pace of their teammate

[@lainey5975]

I feel bad for both of them...shouldn't of been this way

[@trapeziumm]

Blame the guy cuz he is overrated

[@DaHitch]

"Everybody does something in their life for the last time at some point," he muses. "But you don’t know at the time. So, I shall remember that Fastest Lap."

[@MetabolicFrolic]

😢

[@schrenk-d]

Interesting logo... But yep. It being done this way is uncalled for.

[@trautsj]

RB continues to fuck up absolutely any and everything. That entire organization is just in shambles right now from the ground up. Pathetic showing from them all around this entire year on all fronts. I'm TRULY DISAPPOINTED in my favorite team right now 😮‍💨

[@Lp79nmo]

They could've used some good publicity right now, even by dropping Daniel but giving him a proper send of people would've understood and respected their decision, this was the total opposite. Sky Sports reported he was told Sunday evening before he left the paddock.

[@uncannysnake]

This is what happens when a legendary CEO dies. The amazing people he was able to control start to become vultures as that element is gone. Being able to control better leaders than anyone else was the reason for the RB success... and is now the reason for its failure. The same happened with Mercedes and Niki Lauda btw, just a bit less pronounced than this is going to be

[@Shambley1]

Better be shoeys all around on the podium at cota.

[@robertsegura6451]

That would be nice having the top three finishers do shoeys on the podium in honor of Danny Ric

[@rowen42069]

why yall acting like he was a 3 time World Champion, theres not gonna be this level of glazing when bottas gets let go by sauber

[@darklimeking372]

Wouldnt surprise me if Lewis or George ends up on podium tbh

[@darklimeking372]

@rowen42069 he came 5th in a season when his teammate was 12th. He never had the fastest car in the competition. In the last 14 years only 1 championship was won by a driver in a car that wasnt the fastest (2021 Max) and even then it was... questionable... Daniel came in and chased 4 time WDC Seb Vettel out the door. Have some respect

[@Umar-gw6fy]

@@rowen42069fr bottas has more wins more podiums and more poles yet he wont get glazed like how danny ricc is now

[@jorgearria5973]

If Daniel can be let go the lance should not be in f1

[@davidmoore349]

If Ricc's dad owned a team, he'd be in F1 forever. heh

[@bipolarminddroppings]

Lance has outscored Danny by double for the last two seasons. I agree, he doesn't belong, but if he doesn't then Danny doubly doesn't.

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

@@bipolarminddroppings That’s a dumb comparison considering Lance is in a much faster car

[@felixdesrochers9940]

@@Duval-In-The-Wall Last season yes, but not 2024.

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

I'd heard that Lawson was promised (in his contract) 5 races. So it's only fair that he gets 5 races. The next race is Austin, one of Danny Ric's favourite places. Surely they could have let him have his last race there? It's very sad. 😢

[@davidrogers7435]

To be fair this makes me nervous for lawson, if he struggles in these 5 do they go "you're not good enough" and the replace lawson aswell, not going to say they would but if the only have to offer 5 races, they've upheld their side of the bargain and they could choose to clean house

[@tilestwo]

Source?

[@ZoeMalDoran]

Alas that would have made too much sense for VCARB to even consider it :(

[@davidrogers7435]

@@ZoeMalDoran I think vcarb are there to be used to get the red bull racing rumour mill going again

[@bipolarminddroppings]

@@tilestwo the F1 broadcast repeating the report about 50 times a minute all weekend. do you not pay attention?

[@sgunz]

It's a true shame he was not able to finish this season and how Red Bull did him dirty not giving him a proper send off. After all this I want Danny to come to the US and do IndyCar, bring all the drive to survives fans with him. Do what Messi has done for MLS.

[@hellboy_7812]

Don't hate Liam for replacing Daniel, Hate on VCARB/RB for replacing Daniel

[@trapeziumm]

Blame Danny cuz he is overrated

[@eduardosantana8300]

Bout time they got him outta there

[@randar1969]

I rather not hate life is so short, But i am dissapointed they didn't announced it before the race and thanked him for everything he has done for RB/Vcarb and thank him for bringing masses of people into the sport. Because as much as i like Daniel all he had to do was to beat Yuki to replace Checo.

[@ApriliaRSV4F]

Why?

[@last5902]

Wrong hate RB for not giving him his farewell last race. Thats just stupid i literally see no reason why

[@nikkyqueen7791]

He deserves goodbye donuts in Abu Dhabi😢

[@tacticalwookiee7476]

Danny Ric was basically why I got back into watching F1. Hadn't watched F1 since the 90s then I saw drive to survive and it reignited my passion for the sport. "My name is Daniel Riccardo and I'm a car mechanic" 😂

[@bipolarminddroppings]

you care more about personality than results, that's fine, but that's not how a sport works.

[@NGXII]

This just goes to show how little Red Bull thinks of their drivers, and it's not just Ricciardo. They ignored Perez about the car for over a year and let the media tear him apart. Tsunoda is stuck at the B team no matter how fast he goes. Lawson's development has been stagnated for a year. And not to mention what they did to Gasly and Albon. So now we need to think - is this a team that young drivers want to get invested into if they have options elsewhere? Is this a team culture that Verstappen would want to stay in?

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

This season is exposing just how much a shambles Red Bull are

[@sidewalkere]

Nothing against Liam, who deserves a chance and would be there next year anyway, imho. But I, for one, was looking forward to see Daniel redeem his season at Mexico and Interlagos. To see him swept under the rug like this is a travesty. And particularly hurtful right before CotA, Mexico and Interlagos.

[@bipolarminddroppings]

he wouldn't be there next year tho, because if they didn't give him race starts this year he had a get-out clause. Now, who would you rather have under contract? Danny or Liam?

[@sidewalkere]

@@bipolarminddroppings Get-out to where? That seat that might be left at Sauber? Highly doubt that..

[@slay3r930]

@@sidewalkereexactly like if Liam decided to exit out the best he would get is a Reserve Driver role at another team and the top 5 teams already have their lineups set for at least the next 3 years so he’ll just be at square one.

[@blaymeister]

Red Bull have put Liam in to evaluate for a Red bull seat next season, that's fair enough. How Red Bull handled it is despicable.

[@Bearisgoldenuk]

The did him so dirty he deserved so so much better I was honestly hoping they would keep him on Hugo’s got thier ads running with him in it’s just not fair

[@AJS86]

Hugo and Visa leaving Vcarb yeah?

[@kylem324]

@@AJS86I think this will have pretty massive impact on their sponsors in the future. VCARB brought in around $150 million for the year in large part because of Daniel. In past years they’ve had no where near that amount of sponsorship. Their new lineup has next to no unique value to most companies. If your a regional sales rep bringing clients/prospects to races, there’s so much cache to Ricciardo and being able rubbing elbows, taking a selfie and sharing that on their professional networks as part of their business dev. Most people dgaf about F1, but might with Ricciardo because they’ve seen DTS, or him on late night, or doing other promo.

[@Christoph5782]

Really wish Haas would have picked him up instead of Ocon

[@chancecarter5503]

thanks, now I'm more upset

[@valen961]

Haas had tried that before… Danny was just way too expensive. I’m sure that they could negotiate a new bargain price now but it would still be a lot of moneys

[@seanwilson9117]

How in tarnation have the managed to justify that, I wonder. Seems like they would have learned about difficult French personalities who crash cars often.

[@paperplane-db8qf]

Ocon is better. He beat Alonso after all.

[@micky1878]

Yes!! Or get Grosjean back.Haas without Gunther, Kevin and Grosjean just ain't Haas!!

[@python2198]

This could’ve been handled so much better

[@josetakapele]

They gave him the Seargent treatment

[@zerokool327]

I hope Lewis says something about this in cota. He’s the only one with the balls to call them out

[@soundscape26]

Almost a month away, it will be forgotten by then

[@GARBO96]

Why would he defend an underperforming driver getting dropped if it wasn't for his personality nobody would fucking care

[@andymorgans4115]

Red bull literally showed Daniel a carrot after he left McLaren only to take a knife and stab him in the back

[@Kaimax61]

Don't be slow, it's simple. Danny mr smiles is washed.

[@_-TC]

@@Kaimax61 that's the thing, he was never slow, except in the McLaren. Also this year, he was NEVER slow, just not quick enough. Being slow is Zhou level or Sargeant. And he's never gone there

[@Umar-gw6fy]

@@_-TCnot quick enough and slow are one and the same in this sport if you arent quick enough you’ll be slow compared to the rest of the grid

[@bradweinberger6907]

They gave him a chance when he was washed out. He just wasn't fast enough.

[@tolulopeoluleye5302]

The fact that Piastri has cost Ricciardo his seat TWICE..😅

[@jorgearria5973]

How?

[@tolulopeoluleye5302]

@@jorgearria5973 1st, the McLaren switch..then Oscar crashing in the Dutch GP, leading to Danny breaking his hand, and Lawson substituting in..

[@Melbourne-s4x]

No hate to Oscar, his hands, along with Mark Webber's are clean. Same can't be said for Lawson, nobody deserves to have a limited amount of races in a car they're not entitled to, within a contract, and expect to not cop a heap of shit for it.

[@Kaimax61]

@@Melbourne-s4x DUDE, Liam has been contracted, RB and the red bull higher ups is risking another Piastri situation if they didn't honor Liam's contract. It's still Horner's fault for babying Riciardo and Perez so much.

[@ApriliaRSV4F]

@@Melbourne-s4x Maybe if RD had performed he would still be there? How is Lawson not entitled to the seat exactly?

[@cloudk2088]

Lawson deserves the seat but they did Danny dirty. All those years of service and this is the send-off they gave him, it's embarrassing. I lost a lot of respect for them.

[@gpaje]

All those years of service, you mean when he dropped Red Bull for Renault, then begged to get back years later, he wouldn't be racing now if it wasn't for RB. All he had to do was was beat Yuki. I do agree that RB didn't handle it well, they should have given him Austin and a final farewell.

[@chady1229]

what are they supposed to do have a royal celebration kiss his feet and send him off he hasnt been good since leaving red bull hes no different than and other f1 driver leaving to me i dont care how popular he is hes no longer good and he hasnt accomplished much

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

@@gpaje He got them 7 Grand Prix wins ffs

[@gpaje]

@@Duval-In-The-Wall sure, and then he dumped them before Honda join to join Renault, and then he begged to get back, and he wouldn't be racing now if it wasn't for RB. Again, I agree that they didn't handle it well, they should have given him Austin.

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

@@gpaje He didn’t dump them lol, they clearly favored Max and he wasn’t going to be another Webber at that point in his career, he gambled on Renault and then McLaren I actually think Norris finished him, in his mind he was going to be the clear #1 for a midfield team on the up and instead Norris absolutely cooked him, and his confidence never recovered What’s sad is that if he had managed to survive the duration of his McLaren contract, he’d have been fighting for podiums in the second half of 2023… Oscar is effectively his regen

[@peterfconley]

That interview of Danny was heartbreaking 💔

[@kahikigurl]

they did him so so dirty

[@eduardosantana8300]

How? They gave him a life line. An opportunity. He’s just not that guy.

[@kahikigurl]

@@eduardosantana8300 he clearly wasn't even aware of the possibility of being let go coming into the weekend. Just let the guy know he's being cut especially as a 13 year vet

[@Kaimax61]

@@kahikigurl HE WAS NOTHING before Horner gave him the golden ticket. He should've been let go last year.

[@eduardosantana8300]

@@kahikigurl from every interview he did following the gp, seems like he knew.

[@Gaigoomee]

We need an official goodbye at Austin.

[@_.Lumi._]

If he just shows up, the Americans will be all over him!

[@BRPerfections]

Kym Illman gave Daniel a better send-off than VCARB

[@iiTsFaded_]

They could’ve at least let him finish out the season. I’m sure the plan is Lawson for 2025, why pull the trigger now? It’s a total disservice to one of the sport’s most beloved drivers.

[@nathanieltreasure7526]

It was in Lawson contract to be in F1 before September is finish or he would have left rebull

[@Dasni12]

becus he's slow

[@anthonyfoster2784]

I think they want to see if Lawson is ready for the Perez seat in 2025.

[@tronmcrae]

I don't disagree with removing him during the season to get Lawson up to speed. But if they knew they were going to do it, they should have given Daniel a proper send off.

[@JnManuelAG]

It helps Lawson to get used to the car before next season. I think it's ok

[@justice4g]

'Daniel admitted he didn't do enough', that's been part of his problem, instead of complaining about being on a soft strategy like Lewis or being unable to get the tyres up to temp like Ferrari, he makes it seem it was down to his driving when 90% of the time it wasn't.

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

His confidence was clearly shot, in his prime he would never have been the second VCARB

[@Kaimax61]

IT WAS HIS OWN DRIVING, can't beat tsunoda half of the time. Washed in renault, washed in mclaren, still washed when he was back in RB

[@red_robin1122]

Hot take maybe he was being honest

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

@@Kaimax61 Was not washed in Renault by any stretch of the imagination, beat both his teammates and scored 2 podiums and was 5th in the standings in 2020

[@_-TC]

Washed in Renault...????! HAHAHAHHAHA

[@RikiJasmin]

He will be missed. But he had his chance and didnt deliver. He still deserved a proper send off. But I´m also happy to see Liam now.

[@Unhomiee]

If Lawson jumps Tsunoda to get the Red Bull seat in 2025, I'm betting in 2026, Tsunoda will move to Aston because of the Honda-Aston partnership. Hopefully Honda can strongarm Big Stroll and successfully push baby Stroll out of his seat. It'll be the best news in the past decade when he leaves his seat.. He's completely undeserving of his Aston seat right now.

[@Kaimax61]

Doesn't need too. Tsunoda will be out of RB family by 2026, since honda isn't there anymore, regardless if Liam flopped or not.

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

The wildcard is that if Verstappen gets sick of Red Bull, Aston would be one of his options

[@michaelwilkie35]

“Best news in the past decade” by a country mile is the introduction of the Halo after Jules tragic accident. Saved Leclerc at Spa, Zhou at Silverstone & especially Grosjean at Sakhir. Nothing wrong with not liking Lance but let’s not connect dots with invisible lines.

[@chooweey]

@@michaelwilkie35 calm down nerd, pretty sure it was hyperbole.

[@doxfire]

Was Daniel the greatest driver ever? Nope, but he is a pretty damn good driver, does he deserve a spot on the grid...eh that's questionable with all the new talent coming in etc..., but they could've handled this so much better and announced that he would be replaced before the Singapore GP. They basically gave the guy the finger and said piss off and threw Liam in the seat, WHICH I do think Liam will do a decent job, but this is F1 it's cutthroat and Danny Boy is loved by so many, he should've gotten a better send off.

[@Max_Flashheart]

"Don't Do Me Like That" by Tom Petty came to mind

[@tamsynriddle]

Yes, the announcement was just before 2am Melbourne time/12am Perth time. Extremely upset at the Red Bull organisation as a whole (Horner, Marko, Bayer, Mekies, etc.) for how they've handled this situation - most definitely deserved a 'proper' goodbye for not only all his achieved on the track, but for all he's done for the sport over the past 13+ years. Also sounds like RBR informed Liam Lawson 2 weeks prior to Singapore, so they had every opportunity to do so. Hoping Max begins to look for opportunities elsewhere before the company further degrades (as it's looking to do so). Looking forward to Daniel next adventures, whether that be NASCAR/INDYCAR, or just hanging out on his farm back home; just hope he knows the love and support that his got behind him! :)

[@AilinOGriobhtha]

I really do feel that all this is going to succeed in is turning people against Lawson. It's so awfully handled.

[@scsutton1]

It's called the Piranha Club for a reason. Daniel just found out the hard way.

[@mjlw200]

Were the team negotiating out clauses with sponsors, so unable to announce anything

[@jsap13]

Fans : RB f up this season...so sad. RB: We can do worse..watch this.

[@ForsytheGaming]

Perez is a lead weight, and cost the team the constructors this year. He is the driver who should be out, he is far to comically hot/cold to be in a top team. They should have tossed Dani into the RB for the last few races, since its already over and gives him a send-off, and used these races in the VCARB to prepare Lawson to take over the RB next year. And then the open VCARB seat next year to whoever.

[@MegaDarkness5000]

Perez Sponsor/Merch money covers constructors, that's why Perez stays.

[@angelrobles7201]

Ricciardo wouldn't have fared better than Checo. Lawson needs more F1 experience in order to replace Checo.

[@AJS86]

All about the $$$ he brings in from Mexican sponsors.

[@Kaimax61]

NAH, BOTH OLD Men Needs to be out.

[@sventinus]

​@@angelrobles7201 If I remember correctly Daniel Ricciardo has a similar driving style to max Verstappen compared to checo that has basically the complete opposite to Verstappen no? So wouldn't Daniel have done better because the car would be more how he wants it to?

[@guilhermecampagnaro1021]

Not cool. But welcome Liam.

[@OoOd4v3OoO]

Danny giving interviews knowing he was out but it wasn't official was awful

[@moelouie8213]

The Yuki tsunoda disrespect is crazy

[@zerokool327]

So Lawson said he knew since Baku he was getting the seat.

[@Kaimax61]

HE knew regardless because of his contract. They've been sidelining Liam way too long, because Horner insists of keeping a flopping perez and washed Riciardo. It was going to be a piastri situation, where Liam can just walk away.

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

@@Kaimax61 It’s crazy, Red Bull effectively had 3 drivers that are useless to them, one who has made a mockery of the team, one who isn’t good enough, and one they don’t want Here’s what I think, reasons why each driver was there Max (talent) Perez (money) Ricciardo (Horner/sponsors) Tsunoda (Honda) Basically made it impossible to actually have a rising talent despite having 2 teams In other words, embarrassing management

[@paulwilliams5228]

We Aussies are waking up angry - not at the fact this happened, but HOW! Good observation on Lawson not deserving to wear the anger for it. But VCARB, RBR and assorted acronyms deserve assorted acrimony.

[@MajesticDemonLord]

Someone who lives in NZ. They should have let Danny Ric race in Austin (he is an Honorary Yank afterall) - then swapped Liam Lawson in.

[@petat13]

Yep, i woke up to it at 3 am. 🇦🇺 our news services hadn’t seen it then. RB had over 4000 negative comments on their instagram post. And another couple of thousand trashing the. In the LL announcement. Thank you both for clearly separating the dreadful way RB handled things from the skill of the driver. I am really hopeful we see his cheery face again. Maybe it will be in commentating. I think his personality has value to F1 and I hope he gets to bank that.

[@eddeduck]

Cant wait for the emergency podcast when Perez gets dropped after Mexico cash in and DR replaces him.

[@bruunm1975]

So my theory is. Lawson had a contract stating they would let him race at least 5 races. Then Dani starts outperforming Yuki, and has a better race pace and the dodgy screwed-up strategy calls start coming thick and fast, to justify this appalling treatment of DR3. RB perhaps expected to get rid of Checo, but sponsorship money and Liberty Media had their say there... Lawson should be in F1, but none of the tests he did were anywhere competitive, neither was Yuki for that matter. Anyways... Poor job by Vcarb and RB.

[@Slashman007]

Should have announced Danny Ric was leaving officially, said COTA was his last ride, and let him ride off into the sunset in Austin.

[@stuartmonkhouse6698]

All the best to Riccy Bobby, thank you for the great memories.

[@TheDornado]

Liam is not going to get points, the car is shit. And RB obviously doesn't care what you've done cause Perez still has his seat and got an extension. It is all BS. What do they gain by putting Liam in the seat now as opposed to a fresh start in 2025. Now Liam jumps into a garbage car and loses confidence and they are fucked for next season as well.

[@disgruntleddev]

VCARB took a page out of Mclarens book which is pretty shite to be honest

[@sythompson9331]

K Illman did a lovely video on Daniels last day- he also felt he was not treated right in his leaving

[@michaelblair4280]

Feel sorry for lawson also, he's getting hate and it's not his fault

[@calussy8040]

I haven't seen any hate towards him, haven't been on twitter though.

[@sethmeaseles3301]

Remember how both RB and vcarb came out shortly after the Singapore gp about how they weren't talking about dropping Daniel and that he'd continue the season? Ya RB is fucking crazy and now it's even more disappointing that they haven't dropped Checo because he quite literally cost them the constructors championship.

[@Ciaran500]

Never seen a post 7s after it was put up

[@RevanNL]

Breaking News: Toxic organization treats drivers badly. In other news: water is wet

[@sofiaarmida6447]

Not a DR fan and wanted Liam this season instead of him but the whole situation was just mishandled. THE MAN DESERVES SOME RESPECT. Give Danny a last race to say goodbye (properly not just surrounded by rumors) and announce Liam the next week. THERE IS A THREE WEEK BREAK. Why on the same day. Not fair neither for Danny or Liam.

[@FedUpMom]

I have enjoyed your shows over the years. Sadly I will no longer be watching F1 after what was done to my favorite driver. So needless to say I will be unsubscribing from your channel. What Red Bull did was disgusting. He deserved a much better ending. Good Luck with all the success of your channel guys!

[@jackieoconnor4926]

My God, that team has no heart. The complete lack of respect for a driver who has had a strong connection with them for many years aside, how can they treat his legion of fans like this??? Even if he’s not your favourite driver, the majority of F1 fans like Danny Ric. At least give the guy a proper send off. Poor, very poor.

[@DABmonger]

Not saying Red Bull conducted themselves brilliantly, but I think there's more to this story than we know.

[@kilojoules_kj]

I definitely believe this was triggered by the outstanding performance of both colapinto and bearman. RB saw these new generation of talents scoring points, and rather than more suffering to the end of the year. Why not get lawson in the seat? Which he had proven last year that he was as fast as yuki so points are possible every weekend + it would comply with his contract. That's why it's so imprompto, Daniel probably knew after baku.

[@gideonschlen4022]

The sponsors who Ricardo brought in should be demanding their liveries be removed from the car

[@BadBoyV1]

Shame about that way he's gone out, but it was long over due and probably shouldn't have returned

[@justinm.1]

I never thought RB could not only mess up on some of Ricciardo’s pit strategies but also on when to announce he’s leaving

[@Thespurcrow]

It will be interesting to see the effect it has here in Australia. When I’m at the Melbourne GP, previously the McLaren merch stand was ten deep and the Ric stuff sold out quickly. This year it was the VCarb merch. For the talent and results Oscar has, there is no marketing or interest from the wider media here around him and I doubt Jack Doohan will capture the market either. Ric was the Warnie of F1 with that big presence and personality and will be interesting to see what impact it has. May even be none.

[@angelrobles7201]

On one hand, yeah, this was unfair. He should have been able to finish the season. On the other, for all those who are crying about Checo and fairytale endings and stuff... Please, pretty please, with sugar on top, understand this: the RB20 is a shitbox. Red Bull has accepted it and owned it. Ricciardo wouldn't have fared any better than Checo. His fairytale ending would have turned into a nightmare similar to the one Checo is living.

[@richardw3052]

"genuine" - LIke when he cheered alone for himself when he denied Verstappen the youngest pole sitter in Mexico 2018, a race he DSQ'd in. Should we go over the whole history of anecdotes and incidents that reveal his real character rather than him buttering you up when you partied with him? He was one of the most popular years ago. He should have left while he was on the top and gotten a cushy job in media. He still might, until he's asked to talk at length intelligently about a topic.

[@ofthenearfuture]

Look at how they massacred my boy... The utter disrespect. Shades of what Renault did to Jolyon. Also if there was some kind of contractual obligation to give Lawson 5 races or something, then RB have known all year that this was going to happen, so I don't understand why they've done this. Just feels vindictive.

[@anthonyfoster2784]

I believe this is Lawsom auditioning for replacing Perez in 2025, if he beats Yuki, Perez is done.

[@aj-1700]

If I were DR, I would not wanted a farewell. It would be so difficult on him to celebrate his exit and people say nice things about you and feel petty for you.. I would hate that. Just let me leave in peace. There is no good way to leave unless you are on top.

[@hmoham]

RB doing a driver dirty is pretty much in their DNA, I full expect soon as the Honda deal ends next year, Tsunoda will be dropped like a sack of potatoes, it's a shame they didn't announce it at the race, the entire controversy over a sub team helping their parent team would have been blown over by them simply claiming they wanted Danny to leave with a bang with the fastest lap. I think in some ways his strategy from the engineers was the let him race as fast as he could, and not worry about tyres.

[@stevenshizzle]

Working at RedBull is like being married to a rich abusive spouse. You have a lots of nice purses, a beautiful body, and a huge house, and you're an emotional wreck and cry yourself to sleep in the fetal position every night because he won't hestiate to kick you out of the house if you don't behave. And you have a prenup. And your husband likes Cocoa puffs and his best friend is borderline a senile Austrian warlord but with a very good judge of technical skill and character.

[@robertsegura6451]

This just tells you how out of step F1 and Red Bull are with the public thinking, good job F1 and Red Bull.

[@OoOd4v3OoO]

Horner has had a disaster season, he's lucky Max is so good

[@Z24_Official]

well i mean looking at redbulls history with drivers, is this really THAT much of a surprise?

[@smol9832]

Plot twist: visa and cash app arent happy about this decision because daniel brought these sponsors with him. Now red bull is pushing for checo to retire. I honestly think daniel is going to red bull next year leaving RB without a title sponsor

[@DonLee1980]

Even as a long time RB fan, I absolutely cannot forgive this horrible travesty that they have commited.

[@Sem5626]

maybe RB were worried about the cost cap and how much more catering they would have had to put on if they announced it before singapore

[@eugenehahn9355]

I think that Red Bull would also want to see how Lawson does in the remaining six races to see if he could replace Perez in 2025 should it come to that.

[@TonyEmond]

Red Bull has such a checkered history with Australian drivers...

[@mariodadream9833]

I had hoped that Lawson gets Daniels seat, but that Perez kicked out of the RB seat and that Daniel gets 6 races and then a goodbye. Because Tsunoda and Daniel are better then Perez, wo will stay on. WHY!

[@euehebrje]

I feel so bad daniel and this situation is messed up but lawson definitely deserves his shot. it's such a bad way for him to truly start his f1 career and for Daniel to maybe be at the end of his. They both deserved better from redbull.

[@leozug]

I didn’t really like redbull before. Now I definitely don’t.

[@itsonlyniles]

I like the part where they kept Yuki for what feels like an eternity with nothing to amount for.

[@adsy6819]

Can confirm being in Australia and waking up to this wasn’t great.

[@davidbrown8517]

F1 is not a charity. As long as it's legal Red Bull can do what it likes with its money.

[@Steve-608]

I want Liam to have a shot but am scared vCarb is going to screw him over with their shit strategy.

[@igotyou3]

THE FACT THAT HE HAS BEEN TREATED LIKE A COMMON LOGAN SARGEANT IS OUTRAGEOUS!!

[@georgeo2225]

I do not understand it, Austin could have been a perfect send off.

[@muconde]

He may be the nicest guy the world. But he is not delivering!

[@makkert]

@@muconde Thanks captain Obvious for missing the point entirely. It is not the fact he is let go. It is the manner how it was done.

[@muconde]

@@makkert the point is he is grown man who receveid a lot of money to do a job and couldn't beat Tsunoda. He may be a very nice guy but people are talking like he was some kind of uncompreended genius. His past decent delivery was several years ago.

[@makkert]

@@muconde still missing the point.

[@richieduck67]

The way they treated him was disgusting at least show some respect

[@lainey5975]

I think oacar needs to win austin and do a shoey for daniel 😅

[@jayveenaredo]

Give DR the last race of the season for RB as sendoff 😂

[@TheRoyp80]

My final thoughts. This has makings of a classic Helmut knee jerk. Lawson rbr and colopinto to vcarb. Thank you DR for the memories

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

Marko is hilarious, the entire De Vries mess was his fault and he’s clearly overcompensating when it comes to Lawson Red Bull are idiots, they should have STARTED 2023 with Liam in the car

[@leo63037]

That's how it works in F1. The only reason everyone is making such an argument about it is because Ricciardo, as the human being more than the driver, is loved and appreciated. Would you have had the same reaction, if Stroll had been there instead of him? Probably not. The reality is, altough for many he deserved a better treatment, he was not meant to be in F1 anymore (and I hate to say It)

[@shepardice3775]

That's fine..We all know he no longer deserves that seat. It's about respect and giving people a warm goodbye with a proper sendoff, not about coddling him and pretending he should still be in the seat

[@soledieairvideos5974]

While I agree with everyone’s sentiment, I would ask whether Perez would have been treated the same way if he were dropped mid season unannounced?

[@Duval-In-The-Wall]

Perez would have been demoted to VCARB