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Horner: Ricciardo ‘badly advised’ to snub same Red Bull deal as Verstappen

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Horner: Ricciardo ‘badly advised’ to snub same Red Bull deal as Verstappen

(L to R): Christian Horner (GBR) Red Bull Racing Team Principal with Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) Red Bull Racing RB13. 27.05.2017. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 6, Monaco Grand Prix, Monte Carlo, Monaco, Qualifying Day.

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Red Bull team boss Christian Horner believes that Daniel Ricciardo was “badly advised” to snub a contract that would have put him on parity with Max Verstappen in 2018.

Having tied down Verstappen’s future earlier in the season, Red Bull was then locked in negotiations with Ricciardo as it aimed to retain its driver line-up for the long term.

However, Ricciardo eventually opted to turn down Red Bull’s renewed terms, leaving for Renault before then moving on to McLaren, where he was axed after only two seasons.

The Australian proceeded to return to the Red Bull fray earlier this year, earning a Formula 1 reprieve with the AlphaTauri team when Nyck de Vries was ousted in July.

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Horner has revealed that Ricciardo, who has openly noted his intent to replace Sergio Perez at Red Bull, informed him of his regret to leave for pastures new four years ago.

“Daniel is a great guy, who was very badly advised earlier in his career,” Horner stated on the Eff Won podcast recently.

“Everybody f***s up at some point and I think he recognised that he made a mistake, he had not good advice around him at the point he left us and he could see that Max was growing, and probably didn’t realise just how good he was going to be.”

He added: “It was obvious at that stage that Max was coming and you could just see the raw talent, it just needed polishing a bit. So we gave Max a contract at the beginning of 2018 to secure his future.

“And Daniel I remember being upset at the time. He suddenly felt that he didn’t want to be the support act here, and I could tell he was starting to think about being a bigger fish in a smaller pond. He got a lot of noise in his ear about money on the table.

“I spoke to our owner Dietrich Mateschitz before the Austrian Grand Prix and I said: ‘Look, it’s a bit marginal with Daniel [regarding him signing a new contract], can you just show him some love, because Helmut [Marko, Red Bull advisor] is obviously very pro-Max? Just balance things out and let him know that you want him?’

“So he took Daniel upstairs after the race in Austria, and they were gone for well over an hour and then they reappear both with smiles on their faces.”

(L to R): Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) Red Bull Racing with team mate Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing. 29.04.2018. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 4, Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Baku Street Circuit, Azerbaijan, Race Day. – www.xpbimages.com, EMail: [email protected] – copy of publication required for printed pictures. Every used picture is fee-liable. © Copyright: Batchelor / XPB Images

Horner disclosed that Mateschitz had pledged to present Ricciardo with the exact same terms that Verstappen had signed.

“I said, ‘What did you agree with him?’ and he said ‘We’ll just give him whatever Max is on.’

“I was like: ‘Wow, do you know what we pay Max?’ and so I gave him the number and he said, ‘Who the f*** agreed to that’ and I said, ‘Well, you did.’

“He said: ‘Oh that’s a lot of money, but he’s a great guy, so let’s do it, give him the same deal that Max has.’

“So his [Daniel’s] agent is obviously jumping through hoops at the time, and that was for a two-year deal.”

Horner also leaked that Red Bull had even been prepared to offer Ricciardo only a one-year extension amid concerns over its imminent switch to Honda engines for 2019.

“We went to Hungary, we got all the paperwork sorted out. Then his manager came to me and said, ‘Daniel’s really nervous about the engine situation, we’ll do one year.’

“I spoke to Dietrich, he said ‘Look, it’s about relationships, it’s not about contracts. If he wants a year, give him a year.'”

However, the now eight-time F1 race winner decided to accept Renault’s proposal, which Horner concedes he initially didn’t take seriously when the news was delivered.

“He rings me, and he’s like, ‘I’ve just got off the plane. I’ve been thinking on the flight on the way here. I’m not going to sign the contract. I’m going to take another contract.’

“I was like ‘Wow, okay, have Mercedes or Ferrari come through with something?’ And he went, ‘No, I’m going to sign for Renault.’

“Because Daniel’s got a sense of humour, I was convinced he’s taking the p**s here. ‘You’re not going to Renault, stop f*****g about, just tell me when you are going to sign that contract.

“So after about 10 minutes, he finally persuaded me that he was gonna go to Renault, and it was disappointing.”

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  1. Olly says:
    4 weeks ago

    It’s a massive four-way battle for that second seat, between Perez, Ricciardo, Tsunoda, and Lawson. Perez has the advantage, in that he has the chance to use the car he has to get the results and secure a longer tenure, but his form has been so erratic it’s difficult at the moment to envisage him becoming consistent. Ricciardo is probably favourite, due to Perez’s inconsistency, and because he has proven in the past that he can win races and that he will fight for podiums on a regular basis in a capable car. Tsunoda will put himself in a strong position if he can get the better of Ricciardo at Alpha Tauri and maintain that over time. Lawson needs to get himself into a seat somewhere first, maybe Williams, to show that the potential he appeared to have when subbing for Ricciardo is genuine, so he is the unlikeliest contender at present. Unless Perez does something catastrophic in the last two races he will begin 2024 as Verstappen’s teammate, but if he remains erratic, especially if any other teams achieve parity, he might not get much leeway.

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