{"id":295463,"date":"2023-10-30T07:24:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T07:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=295463"},"modified":"2023-10-30T07:24:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T07:24:05","slug":"christian-horners-telling-reaction-to-ricciardos-mexico-gp-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/racing\/f1\/christian-horners-telling-reaction-to-ricciardos-mexico-gp-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Horner&apos;s telling reaction to Ricciardo&apos;s Mexico GP drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Daniel Ricciardo stuns F1 world with Mexico Grand Prix drive &#8211; here&#8217;s why Red Bull boss Christian Horner&#8217;s reaction could be VERY bad news for Sergio Perez<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Ricciardo has piled the pressure on Perez<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Christian Horner lauded the Aussie&#8217;s efforts<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Perez has had an\u00a0underwhelming season<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Daniel Ricciardo has piled more pressure on Sergio Perez for the second Red Bull seat after scoring his first points since returning to Formula One with an incredible seventh-place finish at the Mexican Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p>After qualifying fourth for the Mexico City race, Ricciardo completed AlphaTauri&#8217;s best result since last year&#8217;s Azerbaijan Grand Prix when he capitalised on his stunning qualifying result.<\/p>\n<p>Some 41 seconds off race winner Max Verstappen in the Red Bull, Ricciardo finished only 0.55 seconds behind sixth-placed George Russell in the usually much-faster Mercedes.<\/p>\n<p>Red Bull boss Christian Horner lauded the Aussie&#8217;s efforts on Monday morning in comments that will do Perez&#8217;s peace of mind no favours.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You couldn&#8217;t fail to be impressed by Daniel this weekend,&#8217; Horner told Sky Sports.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/01\/77160269-12686885-image-a-33_1698629388205.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Daniel Ricciardo is putting pressure on Sergio Perez for the second Red Bull seat<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I mean, his qualifying was outstanding yesterday and he showed his maturity and experience and pace in the race. I think that fighting a Mercedes in an AlphaTauri for their best result of the year, it was a great performance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And had it not been for the red flag [after Kevin Magnussen crashed out], he might have actually finished even even further up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So he can take a lot of confidence, coming back from injury, he&#8217;s had a rough time over the last couple of months having to sit on the sidelines, but that&#8217;s the Daniel that we&#8217;re used to seeing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;As we&#8217;ve seen in sport, confidence is such a thing and his confidence is coming up. Checo we just need him to have a confidence-boosting result and he could have had it today, but it wasn&#8217;t to be.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Ricciardo returned to Formula 1 with AlphaTauri in July.<\/p>\n<p>Ricciardo&#8217;s six points came in only his second race back from a broken wrist, and mark his first top-10 finish since returning to Formula One in July after being axed by McLaren last year.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow Australian Oscar Piastri came home in eighth in his McLaren &#8211; the first time two Aussies have claimed points in the same grand prix since 2013 in Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>Ricciardo held his top-four position for the opening 10 laps, before being passed by Lewis Hamilton.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/01\/77160255-12686885-Sergio_Perez_crashed_out_on_the_very_first_corner_after_a_collis-a-1_1698630682511.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sergio Perez crashed out on the very first corner after a collision with Leclerc<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/01\/77160283-12686885-image-a-35_1698629457680.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Perez is under pressure to retain his seat at Red Bull after a disappointing 2023 season<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old fell to sixth after a mid-race restart, beaten off the line by Russell, before being passed by his former McLaren teammate Lando Norris late on.<\/p>\n<p>Ricciardo&#8217;s finish is significant given it helped lift his team off last place in the constructors&#8217; championship.<\/p>\n<p>It also makes something of a statement to Red Bull bosses, with Ricciardo driving in their sister team.<\/p>\n<p>Perez is under increasing pressure to retain his drive at Red Bull after a thoroughly underwhelming 2023 season.<\/p>\n<p>While teammate Verstappen has motored to a third straight drivers&#8217; title with a record 16 wins in 19 races, Perez has landed just two victories in the championship&#8217;s best car.<\/p>\n<p>The Mexican crashed out on the first corner of his home grand prix on Sunday after a first-corner collision with Charles Leclerc, making for five races without a podium finish.<\/p>\n<p>Red Bull bosses have been hesitant to guarantee his future, with Perez scoring 240 points to Verstappen&#8217;s 491 so far this season.<\/p>\n<p>Ricciardo&#8217;s return to racing at AlphaTauri three months ago was viewed as a warning for Perez, with Red Bull able to keep a close eye on the Australian&#8217;s progression.<\/p>\n<p>Ricciardo won seven races with Red Bull between 2014 and 2018, before making a shock decision to leave the team for Renault.<\/p>\n<p>He remains the only teammate to have beaten Verstappen across a season, finishing ahead of the Dutch driver in the youngster&#8217;s first full year at Red Bull in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/formulaone\/article-12686885\/Daniel-Ricciardo-Red-Bull-Christian-Horner-Sergio-Perez-Mexico-F1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel Ricciardo stuns F1 world with Mexico Grand Prix drive &#8211; 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