RaceFans Round-up: Lawson to replace Ricciardo "shortly"

Within the round-up: Pink Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko has given the clearest indication but Daniel Ricciardo’s days are numbered at RB.

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Lawson will change Ricciardo ‘shortly’ – Marko

Marko, who has beforehand both Ricciardo or Liam Lawson will drive the second RB subsequent 12 months, advised Kleine Zeitung the workforce homeowners “have made it identified that it’s a junior workforce and we have now to behave accordingly.”

Ricciardo, 34, returned to the workforce final season however has been out-scored by Yuki Tsunoda up to now this 12 months.

“The objective was that he can be thought of for Pink Bull Racing with distinctive performances,” stated Marko. “That seat now belongs to Sergio Perez, in order that plan is not legitimate.”

“Now we have to place a younger driver in there shortly,” he added. “That may be Liam Lawson.”

Final 12 months the workforce, then generally known as AlphaTauri, dropped Nyck de Vries between the British and Hungarian grands prix, and changed him with Ricciardo.

Higher set-ups will assist Mercedes in Austria

Mercedes say the enhancements they’ve made to their automobile in latest races had been borne out by their efficiency within the Spanish Grand Prix the place there vehicles completed third and fourth, as additionally they did two weeks earlier in Canada.

“It’s a monitor that’s a great indication of the strengths and weak spot of a automobile,” stated trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin in a video launched by the workforce. “So for us, very encouraging to see that we had been fast sufficient to get on the rostrum there. We didn’t profit from anybody else’s misfortune. So clearly, sure, the automobile’s working effectively.”

Lewis Hamilton and George Russell have additionally been “a lot happier with the beginning set-ups” the workforce brings to race weekends, Shovlin added, which he expects will stand them in good stead for this weekend’s dash occasion.

“With a dash race, you’ve obtained one hour to get the automobile sorted out and arrange,” he stated. “Now, the latest modifications we’ve made to the automobile, it’s a better factor to work with.”

IndyCar workforce names seventh driver for ninth race

Coyne has introduced its seventh totally different driver this 12 months will be part of them for subsequent week’s IndyCar spherical. Toby Sowery will take over their quantity 51 automobile alongside Jack Harvey for the Mid-Ohio occasion.

Sowery has prior expertise of the Mid-Ohio monitor, having raced there in Indy Nxt, most lately in 2021 (when the sequence was generally known as Indy Lights.

He follows Colin Braun, Nolan Siegel, Katherine Legge, Luca Ghiotto and Tristan Vautier who’ve already pushed for Coyne this 12 months.

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