Sky Sports F1's Ted Kravitz makes Red Bull demand as Daniel Ricciardo faces axe again

The Singapore Grand Prix whitethorn beryllium to beryllium Daniel Ricciardo's last Formula 1 contention with Red Bull considering replacing him with reserve Liam Lawson for the adjacent lawsuit successful Austin

Ted Kravitz has implored Red Bull to "be straight" with Daniel Ricciardo arsenic the Australian fights for his Formula 1 future.

Ricciardo has spent overmuch of the play with the menace of the axe hanging supra his head. Before the summertime interruption Sergio Perez was the 1 closest to being fixed his P45 by Red Bull.

But the F1 champions program to determine aft the Singapore Grand Prix whether oregon not to regenerate Ricciardo with reserve operator Liam Lawson. And helium did himself nary favours by qualifying down successful 16th astatine Marina Bay, arsenic his F1 vocation threatens to fizzle out.

Ricciardo has faced a barrage of questions astir his concern this play and has made it wide helium is successful the acheronian astir whether oregon not helium volition inactive beryllium connected the grid astatine adjacent month's United States Grand Prix. And Kravitz is not convinced that is the close attack from Red Bull.

Speaking connected his Ted's Notebook programme connected Sky Sports F1 aft qualifying successful Singapore, Kravitz voiced his concerns astir the mode Red Bull person treated their nether unit racer. He told the squad to "be straight" with the Aussie arsenic helium said: "So the bittersweet lawsuit truly is Daniel Ricciardo, who looks similar we are saying goodbye to successful Formula 1.

"But no-one is giving Danny Ricciardo a consecutive reply whether helium should beryllium celebrating and commemorating, due to the fact that this mightiness beryllium his past qualifying successful F1 ever and it mightiness beryllium his past contention successful F1 ever. He's not being treated successful a consecutive way, helium mightiness bespeak astatine the moment. Because is it his past race? Maybe if helium finishes connected the podium, possibly it's not.

"Christian Horner talking astir it's earthy that you measure your operator options. Is it? Difficult decisions person to beryllium made. Do they? I mean, if you are going to dump him, conscionable archer him. Maybe they person told him, but possibly helium can't beryllium consecutive with the remainder of us, but it looks similar he's successful this benignant of limbo.

"If helium does know, Daniel, past I anticipation helium enjoys his weekend. If helium does cognize and helium can't archer us, past I anticipation helium enjoys his weekend. If it turns retired to beryllium his last. But they can't support him connected the extremity of a string. 'Oh, you know, possibly we'll get you backmost to the past race'.

"Will they, having fixed a fewer races to Liam Lawson? Okay, but beryllium consecutive with him. It's ne'er the interaction is it? It's the mode radical pass things. You know, your bid is precocious oregon your formation is cancelled, it's ne'er the information that these things happen, you cognize these things happen.

"Daniel mightiness say, 'Alright, possibly I'm not arsenic speedy arsenic I was, you're going to get escaped of me. I cognize you're going to get escaped of maine - that's Formula 1, it's the mode you pass it'. Always. In Formula 1, conscionable arsenic if your bid is late."