CEO Explains Reason Behind AlphaTauri's Decision To Choose Ricciardo Over Other Options

"With all the complexity the sport is currently requiring and the amount of information they [rookies] have to digest and process and then feed back to us, so that we again understand as a team what to do, how to change the settings and so on, and to be competitive, simply they need a lot of time."

"With a young driver it's coming from the ops room to the engineers to the pitwall to the driver. 'Constantly watch out in that corner. Now make sure you get the toggles right', or 'brake later, brake earlier, watch the steering, watch your rear, watch engine braking. Oh, by the way, there's someone coming from behind.'"

"While with Daniel, it's quiet. And once a lap, he will come back and say, ‘Guys, an issue with the rear. Can you have a look?’ ’Oh, yeah, we see actually overheating, we can do something on the differential.’ And it's fixed."

"You feel the difference. And then obviously, the work we do with him in the simulator, vehicle performance, that whole area is a different ballgame."