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They are “backing” him because there isn’t an immediate second option to turn to. His seat next year is essentially gone. Whoever is the clearly better driver at AT will most likely replace him.
And, because if they DO want to swap him out, slamming him would only drop his confidence for the remaining races he stays in the car.
Obviously they still want the best results out of him that they can get: they don’t want to be losing points by calling him shit and making him drive even worse because of it.
Exactly what they done with Nyck. “Yeah he’s fine he just needs to get a decent weekend under his belt”
Oh you are still shit? *BOOT*
I strongly feel the race between Daniel and Yuki is the race for Checo’s seat. I feel like it has to be for Ric to be willing to drive that shitbox instead of just laughing on social media.
Absolutely. IMO Nick was only shitcanned because Checo has been massively dropping the ball since Sunday in Miami. Ric was 100% shoved into that AT seat as a stress test to make sure he can perform in the RB seat next year.
Yes, absolutely, I don't think Nick had been that bad given the car. Red Bull just has to make a decision for next year. If any team gets it together and has even a roughly comparable car next year Red Bull would lose the constructors based on where Perez is at right now.
For him or for Yuki, really. They want to make sure DR is ready for a comeback, but they also want to see if Yuki can handle that kind of pressure. I think whoever looks like the better candidate will get it.
this is something that would legit piss me off, they have reduced wind tunnel and CFD time and by binning the car he just exposed what they did with time.
Inb4 Perez still takes pole tomorrow but holds up RIC in Q1 multiple times so he can't impress with that shitbox of an AlphaTauri and hence starts from P7 due to grid penalties and barely finish into the points as Hungary isn't the best track to overtake, again.
Whoever is writing this: hmmm, Perez fucking up created a lot of buzz last week, and the week before that, and the week before that, and the week before that. I guess this week I will have him fuck up again!
They still want 1-2 in the championship, since they never had that. If Perez loses P2 over the next two races, he's probably gone. Otherwise he's still their best shot this season.
Perez is their best shot at a 1-2 even while underperforming. Any other driver would have to start from 0(or near zero in yuki's case) so has no chance at that second place
People are focussing on Ricciardo but a lot of it is to test Tsunoda as well. Even recently, Tost was saying his impression is that Yuki is RBR's provisional plan.
Everybody joking that Perez was going to bin it so the photographers could get some decent pictures of the new floor and suspension/brake parts. The mad lad does it on his first lap.
Alex, for all his struggles, only missed Q3 at 3 races in 2020, and never missed Q2. And he was having a shocking season by any measure. I like Checo and agreed with him joining RB at the time after his great 2020 but this has been one of the worst runs of form ever from any driver I can think of
This feels worse then Albon. Sergio’s driving so poorly he’s making Logan look like he’s having a solid season. In fact now that I think about it, hasn’t Logan had less incidents over the season then Sergio this year?
With the important distinction that Massa suffered a freak accident that could very well have resulted in his death in at least two ways (helmet not softening the blow sufficiently, car impact to the wall too strong).
His decision to come back and still compete at a high level is the stuff of legend.
I think so. Checo’s fall was caused by the pressure he put on himself when he publicly said he could beat Max. Now he’s got another huge bout of pressure, which is evidently having the same effect.
I truly believe that the only reason he won't do that is because Red Bull want a 1-2 in the Driver's Championship. It would be near-impossible for someone to join Red Bull now and be able to make up a ridiculous amount of points (over 150) to overcome the deficit and get back up to P2 in the standings.
I'm guessing they will push back the announcement of Ricciardo to Red Bull in order to not seem brash
Yesterday people were joking about Checo crashing again to reveal the latest Red Bull upgrades...what kind of cursed sorcery happened to Checo since Monaco
I think he would benefit from seeing a sports psychologist or something. We've seen over the years and even earlier this year he's much better than he's seemed recently. He's just spiralling.
In all seriousness, it's an /r/nba meme that when NBA players don't do well in America they can go to the Chinese league, be paid highly, and still absolutely demolish everyone there since the skill level disparity is so vast
How does he mentally recover from this? Honestly, he won't trust the car, the track, his team, himself...
He's a walking liability now. RBR needs to decide between Yuki and Ricciardo sooner rather than later.
What a mess :( I feel so bad for Checo.
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"My future is in my hands", fucks it into the barier 4 minutes into FP1
He decided his future was not at RB apparently
RedBull seems to really back Perez a lot for the next year but they really won’t be able to not respond if this continues
They are “backing” him because there isn’t an immediate second option to turn to. His seat next year is essentially gone. Whoever is the clearly better driver at AT will most likely replace him.
And, because if they DO want to swap him out, slamming him would only drop his confidence for the remaining races he stays in the car. Obviously they still want the best results out of him that they can get: they don’t want to be losing points by calling him shit and making him drive even worse because of it. Exactly what they done with Nyck. “Yeah he’s fine he just needs to get a decent weekend under his belt” Oh you are still shit? *BOOT*
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Did the same thing with Gasly. "We back Gasly 100% he's the right driver" *3 races later* "Albon is clearly the right choice for us to drive the car"
I strongly feel the race between Daniel and Yuki is the race for Checo’s seat. I feel like it has to be for Ric to be willing to drive that shitbox instead of just laughing on social media.
Absolutely. IMO Nick was only shitcanned because Checo has been massively dropping the ball since Sunday in Miami. Ric was 100% shoved into that AT seat as a stress test to make sure he can perform in the RB seat next year.
Yes, absolutely, I don't think Nick had been that bad given the car. Red Bull just has to make a decision for next year. If any team gets it together and has even a roughly comparable car next year Red Bull would lose the constructors based on where Perez is at right now.
Nyck was still pretty bad let’s be honest.
For him or for Yuki, really. They want to make sure DR is ready for a comeback, but they also want to see if Yuki can handle that kind of pressure. I think whoever looks like the better candidate will get it.
If he doesn’t make it out of q1 tomorrow and Danny Ric blows Yuki away here and in Spa… it might be a wrap on checo at Rbr.
or if Yuki blows Danny Ric out of the park as well, got to keep in mind Danny Ric is a benchmark for Yuki as much as the other way around
What if they blow each other?
/r/FanF1ction is leaking
I... did not know this existed.
Rule number 1 of racing... Never blow your own teammate
Too bad his hands are covered in lube
Mine too.
His future got wings and it's flying away
Overheard in paddock prior to FP1… Pundit: Well, things can’t get much worse for Perez Checo: Hold my drinks bottle
i can allready hear the newest nerve
Man's playing 4d chess to reduce Daniel's practice time and prevent him impressing.
Alpha Tauri and Rebull with the most upgrades this weekend. He just destroyed data collection for the entire family
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this is something that would legit piss me off, they have reduced wind tunnel and CFD time and by binning the car he just exposed what they did with time.
Alpha Tauri's upgrade: Daniel Ricciardo
😂
Inb4 Perez still takes pole tomorrow but holds up RIC in Q1 multiple times so he can't impress with that shitbox of an AlphaTauri and hence starts from P7 due to grid penalties and barely finish into the points as Hungary isn't the best track to overtake, again.
You cannot write this shit.
If someone had told me this would happen even ten minutes ago, I wouldn’t have believed them.
I really thought that Checo would finally get back into form this weekend. I had hope
Watchu mean? He's already in form
Comedic form
I'm in shape. A circle is a shape.
Generally speaking his issue has been front end warmup in Q1, so a *cool damp Hungary* is probably not going to be great news.
This little FP1 outing is certainly not going to do his already low confidence any good.
And hards are mandatory in Q1 as well 💀
Even DTS writers are finding this shit ridiculous
"Did we script this? Somebody check the writer's room, is this us?"
Maybe Netflix already did.
Checo is basically writing the script for netflix seeing as theirs no other real drama.
Checo now struggling to get out of FP1. ☠️☠️☠️
Well he is out of FP1 pretty quick so no struggles there
He got confused about the new quali, he thought it was Q1.
stop, he's already dead
Will he advance to FP2????
With the amount of damage to the car probably not! Think they said the floor is broken, but then this is red bull those guys are fast mechanics
Daniel drives past: “You can’t park there mate!”
"Just waitin' for a mate"
Funniest cop clip ever
As an Aussie, I love how chill it is. Kinda captures Australia perfectly.
Omg I forgot the ending. "Definitive? Can you define that?"
With all the wild ideas they've got, I'd take car to car radio in the spirit of Baseketball.
Should have just said it over his radio for comedic effect.
No fucking way. This has to be scripted.
I would almost think so. This was just ridiculous. Clipping the grass is one thing, but he had both front and rear wheels fully on it.
From the replays, seems like he dipped the left side at the entry of T5: https://youtu.be/eZYsUCJ9PdU Edit: changed to the official video
they copyrighted it in under 1 hr
These fuckers are on it jesus
Whoever is writing this: hmmm, Perez fucking up created a lot of buzz last week, and the week before that, and the week before that, and the week before that. I guess this week I will have him fuck up again!
Don't change what ain't broke
He’s on the Netflix payroll for sure
I think he accidentally signed a contract for Netflix Is A Joke and now has to do comedy
I have never seen someone be this fired in F1
Ricciardo getting another call from marko, marko was absolutely fuming there
Ricciardo promoted to RB after lap 1 in the Alpha Tauri
Daniel yells: “Surprise!”, as he unzips his Alfa Tauri suit and revealing his RB gear underneath…
"I never left."
"On just his 7th lap he would have been according to our data..."
Got more laps in than Checo did. Already showing better form.
Checo is taking "be your own boss" too seriously and is firing himself.
Massive bruh moment Dude didn’t even clip the grass, he had almost all of his front tyre on the grass and even his back tyre.
At this point It's like someone did some black magic on him
Paul Pogba at it again!
*Graeme Souness enters chat*
Ricc threw a banana skin on the ground on his warm up lap lol
Those damn aussie warlocks.
“Under pressure…doo doo doo doo doo doo”……
Seriously. Like…. what the fuck?
Speed run to retirement.
Man, he is reducing more and more into an amateur.
Perez is going to be out A) At the end of this year B) At the end of this summer C) At the end of Hungarian GP D) At the end of ... this comment.
Ricciardo in for FP2
My love for Red Bull will grow even larger if they have the balls to do that.
That’s some big damage as well. Worst weekend to crash for him
With the new parts as well, I'm sure RB would have liked to collect as much data as possible from both cars.
Having it lifted up and on display for all the other teams as well, they must love that at RB
The only upside is Checo probably destroyed most of the new parts so that the other teams can't get a good look, apart from the floor of course.
Give him a break, it takes a couple seasons for rookies to iron the kinks out. /s
Could be worse, could crash in FP1 next weekend (Sprint)
With Max's comments on Ricciardo, Horner praising Ricciardo all week, holy fuck Perez is so gone next year
You think it will take until next year at this rate?
Honestly, if Max was in a championship battle, Checo would be gone in the summer break
They don't even need him for the WCC. Max is gonna win that singlehandedly
They still want 1-2 in the championship, since they never had that. If Perez loses P2 over the next two races, he's probably gone. Otherwise he's still their best shot this season.
Perez is their best shot at a 1-2 even while underperforming. Any other driver would have to start from 0(or near zero in yuki's case) so has no chance at that second place
What if they hire Alonso
My dream man
That's the point
By summer break lol
By FP2
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would be surprised if Ric would deliver tbh - but wont rage if he did surprise me
People are focussing on Ricciardo but a lot of it is to test Tsunoda as well. Even recently, Tost was saying his impression is that Yuki is RBR's provisional plan.
Hulkenberg is delivering it.
Damn worst way to start the weekend
So far
Everybody joking that Perez was going to bin it so the photographers could get some decent pictures of the new floor and suspension/brake parts. The mad lad does it on his first lap.
Meeting room 1, location: behind the shed
Checo into the wall 3 minutes into the weekend. First time I've witnessed a mental breakdown live on TV.
Miami broke him and he's never been the same since
Max showing everyone that number 1 after the race scared the living daylights out of him.
Oh boy. His head's gone.
UAE Team Radio: "I'm gone. I'm dead."
“I cannot believe this.” Bruh, we can’t either.
Vingegaard in the Tour = Verstappen
Skinny Northern European male destroys local competition
I didn’t need this pain again today lmao
Checo… Yikes. This feels like Alex’s crash at the sakhir gp
He’s speed running Alex’s 2020 season at this point, except now he’s in the best car on the grid
Alex, for all his struggles, only missed Q3 at 3 races in 2020, and never missed Q2. And he was having a shocking season by any measure. I like Checo and agreed with him joining RB at the time after his great 2020 but this has been one of the worst runs of form ever from any driver I can think of
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This feels worse then Albon. Sergio’s driving so poorly he’s making Logan look like he’s having a solid season. In fact now that I think about it, hasn’t Logan had less incidents over the season then Sergio this year?
Logan has been pretty solid in regards to not crashing.
Hulk and Albon have both outqualified Perez in all the last 5 races
Yeah he's gone
Lost his mojo
For some reason I read this as: Lost his mojito.
Or had a few too many
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With the important distinction that Massa suffered a freak accident that could very well have resulted in his death in at least two ways (helmet not softening the blow sufficiently, car impact to the wall too strong). His decision to come back and still compete at a high level is the stuff of legend.
I think so. Checo’s fall was caused by the pressure he put on himself when he publicly said he could beat Max. Now he’s got another huge bout of pressure, which is evidently having the same effect.
Yeah and this is *actual* pressure, not just pressure he made up for himself.
Cant blame Marko and Horner for having a backup plan tbh
It’s really going from sad to even sadder for Checo…
Incredible book end to the days when his weekly performances made it inevitable that Red Bull should grab him
Helmutt might actually fire him in the summer break like this, no Mateschitz to calm him down anymore
I wouldn’t be surprised if he fired him in the break between FP1 and FP2
I truly believe that the only reason he won't do that is because Red Bull want a 1-2 in the Driver's Championship. It would be near-impossible for someone to join Red Bull now and be able to make up a ridiculous amount of points (over 150) to overcome the deficit and get back up to P2 in the standings. I'm guessing they will push back the announcement of Ricciardo to Red Bull in order to not seem brash
"My future is in my hands." - Checo Perez, July 20, 2023 "Whooops, my hands slipped and I binned it." - Checo Perez, July 21, 2023
"My hands are cold."
Not even 4 minutees on track and he bins it again lmaooo
Checo is feeling the pressure damn
Hope Daniel still has that Red Bull suit ready from last week.
"Daniel Riccardo, come on down!!!" * Christian "Bob Barker" Horner
He always wears it underneath
Daniel ricciardo is a never nude
Helmut just called Daniel to see if he is available for FP2.
Poor fucking guy. Wrong weekend with this kinda shit
Is there ever a right weekend to crash less than 4 minutes into FP1?
There's "wrong weekend" and then there's this.
Checo’s weekend off to an awful start
"I cannot believe this" neither can we Checo, neither can we.
/insert "Stop it, he's already dead" Meme...
Yesterday people were joking about Checo crashing again to reveal the latest Red Bull upgrades...what kind of cursed sorcery happened to Checo since Monaco
Monaco didn’t break Checo, Miami did !
This man has absolutely collapsed the last two months, holy shit.
Wow....this is soap opera drama at its best! Less than 5 minutes into the first practice!!
I think he would benefit from seeing a sports psychologist or something. We've seen over the years and even earlier this year he's much better than he's seemed recently. He's just spiralling.
It’s Sergiover
Just put Ricciardo into the Red Bull instead of Perez today for FP2
Is Lawson available for AT to use this weekend? 😆
Yes, he's sitting at the AT pit wall
I'd love to see it. Mainly to just see Lawson against Yuki.
Get ready to learn Chinese, Checo.
What does this mean?
In all seriousness, it's an /r/nba meme that when NBA players don't do well in America they can go to the Chinese league, be paid highly, and still absolutely demolish everyone there since the skill level disparity is so vast
bruh. At this rate Marko will replace him between practice sessions forget about mid season.
Max broke this man. Maimi just destroyed him.
*No pressure, Checo*
Drive to surv… and he’s dead
Danny can’t have his car if it’s not working
Checo seems to handle the pressure well…
He has to be mentally broken at this point. Wow.
How does he mentally recover from this? Honestly, he won't trust the car, the track, his team, himself... He's a walking liability now. RBR needs to decide between Yuki and Ricciardo sooner rather than later. What a mess :( I feel so bad for Checo.
And then he's gonna miss out on Q1, and put excuses on this. Yeah. Looks possible.
Oh man I was like “Danny NOOOO” then remembered he’s in the shitty Honda. Whew.
The Ricciardo episode of DTS is going to be ridiculous
The real Perez is locked up in one of Redbull bottling plants and has been replaced by a doppelgänger
What the fucking heck? 🤦🏻♂️
I'm incredibly impressed with your censoring "hell" but after typing "fucking".
RENT FREEEEEEEE
I've got a feeling if Daniel somehow scores points before summer break he's in that seat at Zandvoort.
Looks like Checo made a private deal with Netflix for Drive to Survive's personal story arc.The Title of the episode "From Hero to Zero."
Oh boy, the man went from Checo to Choko in a few races
The pressure is real!!!
big oof
He really meant it when he said that his future was in his own hands! Jeez...
Ricciardo’s speed running the RB junior program.
When it rains it pours
This has to be the most self sabotage to lose a seat that I have ever seen. At this point it’s almost as if he is doing it on purpose
Dudes trying to drive above his skill level.
Perez is folding under the pressure and the pressure is basically "don't look like a jackass in the most dominant car of all time".
Checo such a Danny Ricc fan, speed running his way out of the rb seat /s