After the Silverstone Grand Prix, Red Bull made a surprising announcement. Soon after the race there was news of Nyck de Vries being replaced by Daniel Ricciardo. Helmut Marko made the decision after seeing Nyck de Vries’ performance.
Compared to his teammate Yuki Tsunoda, he had fallen behind with his best result being a P12. Although there had been rumors of Daniel Ricciardo replacing Sergio Perez first, it turns out Red Bull had something totally different brewing up.
Daniel Ricciardo was soon announced to be replacing Nyck de Vries. He will be set to drive for AlphaTauri from the next race. While Nyck de Vries was left with no seat for him in Formula 1. Although he was seen with his ex-boss, Toto Wolff right after. Daniel Ricciardo first started driving for Red Bull and then made his move to Renault.
💺 seat fit ✅@danielricciardo 👌🏼 pic.twitter.com/7FaTbSj1WE
— Scuderia AlphaTauri (@AlphaTauriF1) July 14, 2023
After Renault’s leave, he moved to McLaren until this year when he announced he would be a third driver for Red Bull. He was said to be practicing in the simulator for quite a while in his time of being a third driver. He then did test laps for the seat of AlphaTauri. As he is set to drive for AlphaTauri, he is said to be compared with Yuki Tsunoda’s performance next. This left the Formula 2 champion Nyck de Vries out of Formula 1.
Fans react to AlphaTauri welcoming Daniel Ricciardo after replacing Nyck De Vries
While a lot of fans have been content with Daniel Ricciardo’s return to the tracks, a lot of fans have not seemed happy with the decision. After Red Bull posted a video welcoming Daniel Ricciardo to AlphaTauri. Fans started trolling about Ricciardo’s mid-season return.
One fan commented, “All that to finish P18” and another fan said “Back to Toro Rosso”
All that to finish P18
— théo amos / happy men’s mental health month (@lixsanlh) July 14, 2023
back to toro rosso 😭
— Ben (@adamclones) July 14, 2023
Cute tbf
But he’s finished— ً (@utdverstappen) July 14, 2023
On the other hand, some fans had shown concern for the replacement mid-season. A lot of them were not happy about Red Bull being silent about Nyck de Vries’ departure. Some of the fans had been upset that they had not even posted a farewell for Nyck de Vries and thanked him for his contributions.
One fan said, “Really? You just erased Nyck? That’s so low…” and another said, “When are you gonna post a farewell message about Nyck? Cause it feels kinda disrespectful to me to just forget about him the minute he was replaced. At least thank him for the contributions to the team.”
When are you gonna post a farewell message about Nyck?
Cause it feels kinda disrespectful to me to just forget about him the minute he was replaced. At least thank him for the contributions to the team.— Bart²⁰ | Guy from YT |Hungarian GP 🇭🇺| Jet Slag (@BartPod) July 14, 2023
Really?
You just erased Nyck? That’s so low…— Bianca Mees 🏎🏐🎾⚽️🏀 (@BiancaMees) July 14, 2023
While fans express their opinions on Daniel Ricciardo’s sudden return to the AlphaTauri team mid-season. And Nyck de Vries’s departure after giving him only 10 races, while his teammate Yuki Tsunoda got 3 seasons. Daniel Ricciardo has started preparing for his next race and makes his comeback with his new team.