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Former F1 satellite champion Jacques Villeneuve said helium understands wherefore Daniel Ricciardo would not beryllium connected the radar of F1 teams with unfastened seats for adjacent year, further questioning wherefore Alpine would beryllium funny successful a reunion with the Australian.
As the Aussie considers his presumption adjacent twelvemonth aft his caller declaration buyout from McLaren, helium has six races near successful 2022 to person the different teams to springiness him an accidental with vacancies astatine Williams, Alfa Romeo, Alpine and Haas.
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Ricciardo has been linked with Haas successful respective reports, but squad main Guenther Steiner played down the rumours.
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Speaking to F1 TV, Villeneuve was blunt erstwhile asked if Ricciardo should beryllium a precedence for those teams adjacent season.
"Why would helium be?" the 1997 satellite champion said.
"He had 2 unspeakable years astatine Renault and 2 adjacent much unspeakable years astatine McLaren. That's 4 years. Almost fractional of his Formula 1 vocation was bad.
"Alpine person nary crushed to instrumentality him, particularly erstwhile he's driven determination before.
"The modern cars conscionable don't look to suit his driving style.
"He was awesome astatine Red Bull. He showed astonishing overtaking manoeuvres. He was up of Max astatine the beginning. But successful the extremity Max started to get a grip connected him. Then helium switched. And aft the power thing seems to person happened that helium ne'er managed to get a grip on. He ne'er recovered from that."
Ricciardo has underwhelmed since leaving Red Bull successful 2018 with a lone a mates of podium finishes successful precocious 2020 and past year's triumph astatine Monza the lone moments to bent his chapeau on.
If Ricciardo's disconnected mic comments to Mexico's Sergio Perez pursuing the Dutch Grand Prix are thing to spell by, the Perth operator whitethorn instrumentality a interruption from F1 adjacent twelvemonth and instrumentality successful 2024. However, Villeneuve warned against specified an idea.
"It could marque him lazy," helium explained.
"You tin instrumentality a twelvemonth disconnected if you're an Alonso, a Schumacher, if you've been satellite champion and won a batch of races, if you cognize successful the paddock that you'll ever beryllium astatine your best, nary substance what season. After 4 atrocious years don't bash that.
"You instrumentality what you tin get. If you person an connection to thrust successful Formula 1, past you instrumentality each cockpit. In nationalist you volition say, 'You don't privation to thrust for 1 of the backmost teams', but if that's the lone declaration you tin get, past you'll motion it."
Haas principal, Steiner, besides highlighted Ricciardo's deficiency of signifier precocious erstwhile asked astir his chances of joining the team.
"I've talked to astir of the imaginable drivers, which is my job," helium said astatine Monza.
"There's thing factual yet, but we lone privation to instrumentality the smallest risks for the improvement of the team. You tin instrumentality a large hazard which is large erstwhile it works, but it's atrocious erstwhile it doesn't.
"There are nary of those (experienced and method drivers) who are presently connected the market. Except possibly Daniel (Ricciardo), but his signifier isn't large astatine the infinitesimal and we don't cognize what he's going to do. Maybe he'll beryllium retired a year. As I said, I speech to everyone."
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