At first Ricciardo agreed with the great contract Mateschitz offered him in a personal confersation.Gillian wrote: ↑02 Oct 2021, 08:30.ringo wrote: ↑02 Oct 2021, 03:08They do not want a driver like RIC in the pther seat. Their goal is not to give the next guy a fair chance at being wdc. And im not trolling. It's just the way it is. Max is a big marketi g opportunity and Redbull needed him to be the youngest wdc, and youngest everything for them to stand out for marketing purposes. They could not care less about constructors titles because they dont make road cars. They need a guy, not a car to sell drinks.selvam_e2002 wrote: ↑01 Oct 2021, 15:29I believe, RB really missing Ric here. They are unable to fill his place for years. If RIC with RB, now RB would be leading both the WCC and WDC.
Now it is with Max only. WDC is in Max hands. So, it is up to him to grab or leave it.
So i dont see them getting 2 strong drivers for now. Maybe as long as Max is top tier. If Max drops off form they will bring in the next prodigy to canibalize max and chase him out of the team.
This is not true. They did not even want Riciardo to leave. They offered him everything he asked for so he would extend his contact. He himself chose not to.
At the day he had to sign the papers, he didn't show up and left Hungary and called from the plane to The USA he would not signed it.
RB gave him everything he wanted, but it wasn't enough. RB didn't want to loose Ricciardo.