Do You recall the 2012 F1 season finale? While Sebastian Vettel celebrated his 3rd Championship, one cannot forget the look on Fernando Alonso’s face when he stood still and looked into the emptiness. A coin always has two sides. Just like the coin, as Daniel Ricciardo celebrates his move to AlphaTauri, a similar brutal reality is shoved down Nyck de Vries’ throat putting a damper on his illustrious F1 career. 

The biggest smile on the F1 Grid is back. And it seems he’s brought an even bigger smile back to the F1 fans’ faces. Daniel Ricciardo’s comeback was the much-awaited comeback. Almost as much awaited as Fernando Alonso’s return. The Honey Badger’s move to AlphaTauri has been the talk of the F1 town for some time now. Everyone is speculating a move to Red Bull, and so on and so forth. 

Whilst everyone is focusing on the brighter side, Nyck De Vries was on the dark side of things this time around. The Dutchman’s sacking is an example of just how competitive and ferocious the world of F1 is. The moment a team, driver, or boss stops performing, scrutiny awaits on the other side of the door. The same cruel side of F1 was talked about in a recent podcast by taking De Vries’ sacking as an example.

According to the Fast and the Curious podcast, one of the hosts said “Everyone is focusing on Daniel Ricciardo. You can be pleased that Daniel’s back and simultaneously feel sorry for Nyck De Vries, a driver who is extremely talented. He’s won Formula 2. You don’t do that without being really good. He’s won Formula E, a hugely competitive racing series. He waited a long time for his F1 debut and it lasted 10 races. And you hear me say all the time, it’s a brutal sport. Nyck De Vries’ F1 career may well have lasted 10 races, and that is brutal”

Mick Schumacher was also one who became a victim of this super competitive side of Formula 1. However, this is how the World of F1 works. But what about Daniel Ricciardo? How are things going to pan out for him?

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“Very hard to see regular points” Daniel Ricciardo’s return to F1 filled with challenges

Daniel Ricciardo joins Alpha Tauri after a horrendous stint at McLaren that forced the Australian to take a break from F1. However, it looks like it isn’t going to be any easier for Daniel Ricciardo as AlphaTauri’s results this season suggest that they’re arguably the slowest car on the track. To add to the misery, the team brought multiple upgrades to Silverstone yet Yuki Tsunoda suggested that the car feels the same. 

According to the Autosport F1 & Motorsport podcast, the host said “It’s really hard to see, especially in the context of last weekend where Alpha Tauri had quite a lot of updates to the car. They were quite wide-ranging actually, new side pods and floor. Pretty much 50% of the aerodynamics were probably new, maybe more than that. And to the media, [Yuki] Tsunoda was just like ‘ It doesn’t feel like it is. It just feels the same.’ So the team isn’t making any steps forward with the current car and as we all know, in F1 staying still means you’re going backwards. So it’s very hard to see regular points.”

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What do you think? Can anything be done to make the sport less brutal? Or is it something that just comes when you’re in a highly competitive environment?

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