TheAustralian racer is one of a number of high-profile names currently without a place for 2025 and time is running out to impress bosses as he targets a new contract.F1 STRUGGLES: Newey’s doubt about an F1 future has been dashed after the controversial star announced his exit from the team.
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Hamilton issued a strong statement following Schumacher’s announcementSome have suggested Ricciardo could step into Perez’s shoes, but one former driver believes that would be a big mistake and has called for the 35-year-old to retire at the end of the season.Giedo van der Garde – previously a full-time driver for Caterham in 2013 – has instead backed Liam Lawson to become Max Verstappen’s next partner.”Now it’s really bad.
Ever since he [Perez] signed [the contract extension], it’s been an absolute mess,” Van der Garde said on DRS: The Race Show”When he won’t perform .. there is only one easy option.“They shouldn’t get Ricciardo because he is still worse than Yuki Tsunoda.
He should finish the year and do something else.Backup driver Liam Lawson is backed up for Perez”I’d say put Liam Lawson in.
He’s a rookie, a fast kid, he can still learn a lot from Max, nobody expects a lot from him”It’s advantage that he could test this week, because then they will immediately see how fast he is and what his feedback is, how smooth and comfortable he is in this car.“They did the same with Ricciardo last year and a few weeks later he was in Nyck’s [de Vries] car.
If Perez no longer acts, they will have to.
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