2019 Spanish GP - Barcelona

[The Black Knight]

Ricciardo was in negotiations with Mercedes last year and the reason contract negotiations went south was because of his salary demands. Ricciardo came out to the media then stating that he never really felt that Mercedes were serious about negotiations but Mercedes were considering replacing him for Bottas. It’s his own fault he is not in a MB right now and due to money. Tough on poor greedy Danny.

And whether he is of the highest calibre driver or not is irrelevant - without a WDC he doesn’t deserve to be paid as much as a WDC- but his undeserved sense of entitlement and greed brought him to Renault due to money where, I suspect, his career is now going to plummet and he’ll eventually leave F1 with maybe one or two podiums more than he has now. No top team will take him and meet his salary demands without a WDC to his name.

I’m afraid you misread the Bottas situation - I like Bottas and would be delighted to see him put it up to the boss. Unlike you though, I’m not as clueless and willing (or desperate) to simply judge him capable of a season long title challenge just because he finally managed some good results in a row. I guess that explains why you like Ricciardo though, 7 race wins and he’s a genius even though his teammate buried him lol.