Daniel Ricciardo fired by RB F1 group, changed by Liam Lawson


- Pink Bull Racing feeder group RB has dropped Daniel Ricciardo
- Liam Lawson will race with RB for the rest of the season
- Lawson could also be promoted to Pink Bull if he manages to outperform present RB driver Yuki Tsunoda
Daniel Ricciardo has been dropped by the RB Components 1 group, probably marking the top of his F1 profession.
The Pink Bull Racing feeder group introduced on Thursday that Liam Lawson will substitute Ricciardo for the rest of the 2024 season.
The information is not an enormous shock as Ricciardo hinted ultimately weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix that the race is likely to be the last time he hops in an F1 automobile in a aggressive setting.
Lawson has been a part of Pink Bull’s driver improvement program since 2019 and served as a reserve driver since 2022. He has already participated in 5 F1 races, all of them in 2023 when he sat in for an injured Ricciardo at AlphaTauri, the group that was rebranded RB in 2024.

Liam Lawson – Photograph by way of RB
Lawson drove impressively in these 5 races, even managing to complete within the factors at that season’s Singapore Grand Prix by operating ninth. Ought to he handle to outshine RB’s different driver, Yuki Tsunoda, this season, there’s an opportunity he’ll finally be promoted to the Pink Bull group as a alternative for Sergio Perez, who has been slowed down all through a lot of the present season.
Ricciardo has loved eight wins in his F1 profession, most of them earned at Pink Bull. He made his debut halfway by means of the 2011 season, with former group Hispania Racing, because the alternative for Narain Karthikeyan. He joined Toro Rosso the subsequent season, the group that might later grow to be AlphaTauri and is in the present day RB. Over the subsequent couple of years, he impressed sufficient to achieve a seat at Pink Bull in 2013, because the alternative for Mark Webber and teammate for Sebastian Vettel.
Ricciardo finally joined Renault in 2019 after which McLaren in 2021. He was dropped from McLaren halfway by means of 2022, after which he rejoined Pink Bull as a take a look at driver in late 2022 in an effort to regain a seat. He was then signed to RB halfway by means of the 2023 season after the group dropped rookie Nyck de Vries. Nonetheless, he missed a lot of the the rest of the 2023 season as a consequence of wrist harm sustained throughout a observe session for the Dutch Grand Prix.
Ricciardo is one of many strongest personalities in F1 and optimistically will stay as a presenter.