Ricciardo replaced by Lawson at RB for rest of 2024

Daniel Ricciardo has been replaced astatine RB by Liam Lawson for nan remainder of nan 2024 season.

The 35-year-old Australian has been dropped pinch six races to spell because Red Bull guidance person been unconvinced by his performances.

Giving Lawson nan spot allows him to beryllium assessed complete nan remaining races earlier Red Bull finalise their plans for 2025.

RB squad main Laurent Mekies said: "Daniel has brought a batch of acquisition and talent to nan squad pinch a awesome attitude, which has helped everyone to create and foster a tight squad spirit.

"He has been a existent man some connected and disconnected nan way and ne'er without that smile. He will beryllium missed, but will ever clasp a typical spot wrong nan Red Bull family."

Lawson, 22, came successful for 5 races past play aft Australian Ricciardo collapsed his wrist successful a clang astatine nan Dutch Grand Prix.

The New Zealander scored 2 points pinch a ninth-place decorativeness astatine nan 2023 Singapore Grand Prix.

Mekies said: "Liam drove for america past season, and coped good nether difficult circumstances, truthful it’ll beryllium a earthy transition."

RB's connection made nary mention of RB’s 2025 line-up. Japan's Yuki Tsunoda already has a confirmed spot but nan squad person not announced who will beryllium his team-mate.

Ricciardo’s jovial characteristic and consciousness of humour has made him 1 of F1's astir celebrated characters passim his 13-year career.

And for 7 seasons, from 2014 to 2020 inclusive, he was considered 1 of nan sport's starring drivers.

He was promoted to nan Red Bull squad from nan inferior outfit successful 2014 and outperformed four-time champion Sebastian Vettel successful his first season, scoring 3 wins to nan German's none.

They were nan first of 7 awesome wins successful his 5 years astatine Red Bull, astatine a clip erstwhile Mercedes were dominating nan sport, galore of them acknowledgment to swashbuckling late-dive overtaking manoeuvres. These became a Ricciardo trademark.

But Ricciardo's profession began to spell into diminution aft he decided to time off Red Bull astatine nan extremity of 2018.

Ricciardo felt that nan squad was coalescing astir his team-mate Max Verstappen, who was promoted from nan inferior squad successful 2016 and won connected his debut successful Spain.

Verstappen gradually imposed his superiority complete Ricciardo, who felt location was nary measurement for him to reverse nan inclination arsenic guidance progressively leant towards nan Dutchman.

Ricciardo decided to return a lucrative connection from Renault, who paid him $55m complete 2 seasons successful 2019-20, hoping he could build a early pinch nan French team.

His performances remained strong, and he outperformed his first team-mate Nico Hulkenberg complete 2019 and past Esteban Ocon successful 2020, earlier moving to McLaren for 2021.

That move was nan opening of nan extremity for Ricciardo. Although he took his last triumph successful nan 2021 Italian Grand Prix, he was outperformed by team-mate Lando Norris done nan season.

And erstwhile nan inclination continued and was enhanced successful 2022, McLaren decided to driblet Ricciardo successful favour of chap Australian Oscar Piastri astatine nan extremity of nan season, a twelvemonth earlier his statement was owed to expire.

Ricciardo was fixed a lifeline by Red Bull, who made him their reserve driver for 2023, and past promoted him to a title spot astatine their 2nd squad midway done past play arsenic a replacement for Dutchman Nyck de Vries.

At nan time, Red Bull’s reasoning was that Ricciardo could beryllium a imaginable replacement for Sergio Perez arsenic Verstappen’s team-mate successful nan main team.

But connected equilibrium Ricciardo has been outperformed by Tsunoda, and his performances person ruled him retired of contention for a return to Red Bull.

His last hurrah was to thief retired Verstappen by securing nan fastest thigh of nan title astatine past weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix, denying nan Dutchman's title rival Lando Norris an other point.

Lawson's promotion intends he has a chance to liking a declare to a early astatine Red Bull - either astatine RB aliases successful nan elder team.

Perez was nether unit for his ain thrust some during past twelvemonth and aft a lacklustre first half to this season.

Red Bull went into this year's summertime break considering dropping nan Mexican for nan 2nd portion of nan season, but yet kept Perez successful spot because of nan risks progressive successful immoderate different people of action.

Perez's continued struggles mean his position is little than secure, contempt him signing a caller statement successful May that lasts until nan extremity of 2026.

It tin beryllium assumed Lawson will beryllium kept connected arsenic a title driver for 2025, and he now has an opportunity to put himself successful nan framework for promotion to nan elder squad successful nan future.

F1 is connected a four-week hiatus earlier nan last six races of nan 2024 season, pinch nan US Grand Prix successful Austin, Texas, adjacent up from 18-20 October.