2023 British Grand Prix Qualifying Results
1 Max VERSTAPPEN - Red Bull Racing 1:26.720
2 Lando NORRIS - McLaren +0.241
3 Oscar PIASTRI - McLaren +0.372
4 Charles LECLERC - Ferrari +0.416
5 Carlos SAINZ - Ferrari +0.428
6 George RUSSELL - Mercedes +0.435
7 Lewis HAMILTON - Mercedes +0.491
8 Alexander ALBON - Williams +0.810
9 Fernando ALONSO - Aston Martin +0.939
10 Pierre GASLY - Alpine +0.969
11 Nico HULKENBERG - Haas F1 Team 1:28.896
12 Lance STROLL - Aston Martin 1:28.935
13 Esteban OCON - Alpine 1:28.956
14 Logan SARGEANT - Williams 1:29.031
15 Valtteri BOTTAS - Alfa Romeo no time
16 Sergio PEREZ - Red Bull Racing 1:29.968
17 Yuki TSUNODA - AlphaTauri 1:30.025
18 Guanyu ZHOU - Alfa Romeo 1:30.123
19 Nyck DE VRIES - AlphaTauri 1:30.513
20 Kevin MAGNUSSEN - Haas F1 Team 1:32.378
Race start time: Sunday 15:00 UK (14:00 UTC)
I’m honestly hoping that Danny Ric doesn’t replace Perez. Let it be Yuki, but I don’t want to see Danny get destroyed by Max again. I don’t think that he has enough to offer to create a situation like Rosberg to Hamilton.
Did DR get utterly destroyed by Verstappen though?
Max beat him in the 2018 standings but Ricciardo got very unlucky with reliability that year. He had 8 DNFs, compared to 4 from Verstappen, 6 of which were down to the car rather than him.
Verstappen decisively beat him in qualifying but, with an average gap of just over a tenth, its not the embarrassment that it first appears.
Do I think Ricciardo can beat Verstappen? No, probably not. That said, he is the only driver to have beaten Max in equal machinery and they both have a preference for reactive front ends. With Max demanding an incredibly twitchy car, RB need a second driver that can reliably place their car high in the order. Especially since they may actually have to fight for the championship in 24 and 25.
Unfortunately the daniel of today is not the same as the daniel of 2018. Also max today is also much better than he was in 2018. So even though he did not get destroyed earlier, he may get destroyed now in much the same way as he was destroyed by Lando. Ricciardo has to go to a smaller team and rebuild his confidence and reputation before trying for one of the top teams