Daniel Ricciardo May Replace Sergio Perez In Red Bull In 2024 Sources Suggest

Monday, 02 October 2023 at 20:30

Updated at Tuesday, 10 October 2023 at 21:34

Sergio Perez's seat at Red Bull Racing is more wobbly than ever, and according to the latest reports, he may be replaced by Daniel Ricciardo already in the 2024 F1 season.

There have been rumours for a very long time that Perez may end his journey with Red Bull even earlier than expected. The Mexican driver has been underperforming in 2023, giving his teammate, Max Verstappen, a shot at the title already at the Qatar Grand Prix at the Lusail International Circuit.

Currently, the Dutch driver leads his teammate by 177 points, as Perez managed to outscore third Lewis Hamilton only by 33 points, despite his two-time World Champion teammate having more than twice as many points as the Brit.

That's one of the main reasons why many talk about Perez's departure from Red Bull Racing, and the latest name to add to this rumours is F1 correspondent Lawrence Barretto, who talked about the future of Liam Lawson in his feature for Formula1.com.

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"There’s a chance Lawson won’t even have to wait until 2025 to get his shot, with Red Bull having shown they aren’t afraid of a mid-season driver change when they removed De Vries and replaced him with Ricciardo before the summer break."

And it can be because of Sergio Perez why the New Zealander may have a seat in the 2024 Formula One Season. According to Barretto, sources suggest that Ricciardo could replace the Mexican in Red Bull's A-team for the 2024 season.

"Sergio Perez is under pressure at Red Bull, having scored only a little over half the number of points his team mate Max Verstappen has mustered, the Mexican trailing by 177 points despite having what is comfortably the best car in the field."

"Sources suggest Ricciardo would be Red Bull’s favoured driver to replace Perez if required either mid-season or at the end of 2024 campaign, with Lawson being drafted in to replace the Australian at AlphaTauri."