{"id":299526,"date":"2023-12-16T11:39:29","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T11:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=299526"},"modified":"2023-12-16T11:39:29","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T11:39:29","slug":"daniel-ricciardo-felt-sorry-for-f1-rival-after-completing-fairytale-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/racing\/f1\/daniel-ricciardo-felt-sorry-for-f1-rival-after-completing-fairytale-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Ricciardo \u2018felt sorry\u2019 for F1 rival after completing fairytale return"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Daniel Ricciardo has admitted that he \u2018felt sorry\u2019 for Nyck de Vries after replacing him at AlphaTauri during the 2023 season. The Dutch driver was afforded just ten races with the Italian team before Helmut Marko wielded his axe and cut his F1 career short.<\/p>\n

De Vries came into his rookie F1 season with plenty of hype and expectations after scoring points on his debut during a stand-in display for Williams at Monza in 2022. The Dutchman replaced Alex Albon at short notice after he was diagnosed with appendicitis, finishing P9 and picking up the fans\u2019 \u2018Driver of the Day\u2019 award.<\/p>\n

However, there was to be no fairytale ending for the 28-year-old. De Vries failed to finish higher than 12th place during the first ten races of the season and was regularly outperformed by team-mate Yuki Tsunoda. After a P17 finish at Silverstone, Marko pulled the trigger and dropped him in favour of bringing Ricciardo back into the fold.<\/p>\n

On his latest Beyond The Grid<\/em> podcast appearance, Ricciardo was asked whether or not he felt sorry for De Vries, replying: \u201cYes because I\u2019d been throughout it less than a year earlier. I understood it, but it\u2019s all very, I guess subjective, you know, your understanding.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOkay, did he have enough time? Maybe not. Was his results good enough? Maybe not. So it can go both sides, right? But I did [feel sorry for him] because it\u2019s\u2026 maybe it\u2019s just what I\u2019ve been through and maybe\u2026 I\u2019m in my mid-thirties now. We\u2019ve all put so much into this.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know Nyck has put so much into his career and obviously he finally got a chance and okay, it didn\u2019t work out. So six months earlier, he\u2019s probably the most excited he\u2019s ever been to start a race season, and six months later he doesn\u2019t have a race season.<\/p>\n

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