Lando Norris claims maiden Grand Prix | 02:56Red Bull supremo Helmut Marko has described rumours Daniel Ricciardo could be replaced at the next F1 race this weekend as “nonsense”.
As F1 season heads to Europe this weekend, there is a growing sense of urgency around the driver market with several drivers out of contract beyond this season and plenty of young talent waiting in the wings. “The rumours that Ricciardo will be replaced by Liam Lawson at Imola are nonsense,” Marko wrote in his“Liam’s manager from New Zealand was there and, apparently, he has certain dreams and they are made known through some media, including from New Zealand.Marko has shown he is happy to pull the trigger on a mid-season sacking — just last year he only needed to see one fast lap in testing from Ricciardo to ditch Nyck De Vries and give the veteran his seat at AlphaTauri.
“It’s more about drama now than competition. Which for me as a purist, I’m really not enjoying so much,” Murphy told SENZ.