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Red Bull Racing has been phenomenal over the course of this season. Dominance would be an understatement when it comes to the Austrian team’s performance in 2022. The Bulls’ have performed so well that it led to their former driver Daniel Ricciardo making a positive appraisal of them.

Daniel Ricciardo, the McLaren driver, has recently opened up on Red Bull. The sheer dominance of the Milton-Keynes-based team not only kept everyone at bay but also raised the possibility of one-sided competition in the coming days.

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Talking about this, as per a report published by NOS, the McLaren driver conveyed, “Some people hate this kind of dominance, but I think it is mostly phenomenal. I know Red Bull Racing very well, so in my heart, I am also happy for all the mechanics and the rest of the crew.”

“They have worked hard for this for years. They worked and sacrificed a lot. They won all the races after the summer. That says it all,” further asserted the former Red Bull star who left the team for Renault in 2018.

Red Bull picked up 16 wins out of 20 races they took part in this season, which is extraordinary, to say the least.

Daniel Ricciardo praised his former teammate Max Verstappen

When it comes to the man and machine, it’s definitely Max Verstappen and Red Bull now. The two got along so well this season that the opponents could hardly stand in their way.

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Verstappen, who reached a new personal milestone of wins in a single season, has been absolutely unstoppable. Out of 20 races, the Dutchman won 14 races and had DNF in two so far. Had that not been the case, the situation could have been better.

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On his former teammate, Ricciardo stated during the Mexican Grand Prix weekend, “I don’t think anyone will be able to stop Max before the end of the season. It’s nice that he breaks the record at this place: this is Mexico! This is his circuit. He has won here four times now.”

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All in all, the sun is shining bright in Red Bull and Max Verstappen’s sky, whereas for Daniel Ricciardo and McLaren, it’s the exact opposite. As Ricciardo leaves the sport at the end of this season, only a miracle will keep him in F1 in 2023. As for McLaren, it’ll be interesting to see how their new recruit Oscar Piastri will perform well alongside Lando Norris next season.

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Sabyasachi Biswas

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Sabyasachi Biswas is an F1 and NASCAR writer at EssentiallySports. He has completed his Master's in Mass Communication and Journalism from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Sabyasachi is an ardent Red Bull and Max Verstappen fan and has been following the sport for over a decade now.
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Ranvijay Singh