Daniel Ricciardo has two races to save his F1 career with young gun Liam Lawson being groomed for his seat.
That is according to a report from the New Zealand Herald which claims Ricciardo has the races in Japan and China to turn his fortunes around.
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It shows how fast F1 can move on after Ricciardo was heavily hinted as the likely replacement in the Red Bull team if the defending constructors champions moved on from Sergio Perez.
But after three races where he has fallen 3-0 down in qualifying and 2-1 down in race results to teammate Yuki Tsunoda, the 34-year-old is facing the chopping block.
Ricciardo has yet to score a point this season and has not made it to Q3 in qualifying.
Tsunoda on the other hand has six points thanks to Tsunoda’s seventh place finish in Australia.
The Herald report states that Red Bull’s head of driver development, Dr Helmut Marko, has given the Aussie just two ...
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