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VISA CASH APP RACING BULLS SACK DANIEL RICCIARDO


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On Friday the VCaRB Team announced that they are going to be sacking the honey badger. They will be putting in the kiwi driver, Liam Lawson in the second VCaRB seat from Cota, next race. 

This was a really disheartening sight for the whole F1 community as Daniel Ricciardo has the most fans out there arguably. He is loved up and down the grid due to his cheery personality and that big , hearty smile that he always has on his face. His aura off the grid also motivated everyone in the team and brought any team he was in forward and made them progress ahead of they were. 

This is not the first time Red Bull group has sacked a driver mid-season. It was done before to Kvyat and Nyck de Vries. Gasly and Kvyat both were replaced mid season from the senior Red Bull team and sent to Toro Rosso. But this time it is not the same as it is one of the most experienced drivers on the grid, Daniel Ricciardo, the 8 time race winner. 

Daniel started his F1 journey with the HRT team in 2011 at the British Grand Prix. Due to which he earned a full time racing seat in Toro Rosso (current day VCaRB team) in 2012. Due to his stellar performances he was promoted to the senior Red Bull team in 2014, replacing the retiring Mark Webber. The second he stepped in that car he was a sensation at the race track, a marvel to watch. Sometimes beating or being thereabout his reigning world champion teammate, Sebastian Vettel.

He achieved most of his success with the Red Bull team, taking 7 out of his 8 wins with the Milton Keynes based team. He was a formidable force with the Red Bull team and the Red Bull car under his feet. But all good things come to an end. He parted ways with the team in 2018 due to the unreliable Renault powered engines and tensions rising in the team due to Daniel being made to play second fiddle to Max even after being of the same caliber as Max. In 2019, he went with promising hopes to the Renault team. In 2020, he got the team back to almost the top of the midfield, earning 2 podiums with the team that season. But in 2021, he decided to change boats again and went to the McLaren team. But there is where his troubles started as the car was not suiting his driving style, inspite of this he went on to win the 2021 Italian Grand Prix after Max and Lewis crashed, his last win to this date. After not up to the mark results in 2022, he was removed from the team for 2023 even though he had a contract. 

In 2023, he was called in mid season to drive for the Alphatuari team(current day VCaRB team) after they sacked Nyck. From Nyck getting sacked, to this day, he was driving for that team. 

What is hurting the fans even more is that he was sacked mid season and was not even allowed to complete the whole season. It even hurt the fans more as he finished dead last in maybe his last grand prix  ever but even though he finished last, he did it in style, taking the FASTEST LAP on the LAST LAP of the Singapore grand prix helping his mate Max Verstappen by taking the point of Lando and denying him his first ever grand slam win. 

As they say, "Legends make their Last Lap their Fastest". Daniel Riccardo will be missed by each and everyone who knows him, a true racer at heart and a kinder person off track. DR's SHOEY'S will forever stay the most iconic celebration in F1 ever and will reside in everyone's hearts and be missed by all people who have witnessed it. 
A great human being and racer has been lost by the f1 community maybe forever!!!!

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