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As ruthless as Red Bull can be, I didn’t think this would actually happen. AT doesn’t seem to be enough of a priority for RB anymore to get this panicky about poor driver performance. Maybe this is less about Nyck underperforming at AT and more about freeing up a seat to start auditioning replacements for Perez.
![[Chris Medland] OFFICIAL: Daniel Ricciardo replaces Nyck de Vries at AlphaTauri with immediate effect. Officially "on loan" from Red Bull](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/1790d8a2-dd48-47b3-b5f6-62af918ffa48.png){kind=link}
As ruthless as Red Bull can be, I didn’t think this would actually happen. AT doesn’t seem to be enough of a priority for RB anymore to get this panicky about poor driver performance. Maybe this is less about Nyck underperforming at AT and more about freeing up a seat to start auditioning replacements for Perez.