{"id":18762,"date":"2024-02-29T05:25:40","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T10:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/?p=18762"},"modified":"2024-02-29T05:31:03","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T10:31:03","slug":"f1-news-daniel-ricciardo-sets-expectations-for-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/02\/29\/f1-news-daniel-ricciardo-sets-expectations-for-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 News: Daniel Ricciardo sets expectations for 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Daniel Ricciardo wants to maintain realistic targets for the 2024 season, amidst the excitement surrounding VCARB.<\/h3>\n<p>The newly-branded VCARB, also known as the Racing Bulls, has received plenty of coverage over winter.<\/p>\n<p>Their increased collaboration with Red Bull became a hot topic in F1 news over the winter break.<\/p>\n<p>Part of this enthusiasm began in the second half of 2023.<\/p>\n<p>It was at this stage that the Faenza-based outfit began taking more parts from their senior team.<\/p>\n<p>Within a relatively short time span, Yuki Tsunoda, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/02\/27\/f1-news-liam-lawson-return-to-grid-seen-as-inevitable\/\" target=\"_self\">Liam Lawson<\/a> and Daniel Ricciardo could fight for points on a regular basis.<\/p>\n<p>Although the front-runners were still beyond reach, the AT04 became something of a nuisance for the top 5.<\/p>\n<p>Tsunoda&#8217;s performance in Abu Dhabi at the end of the year underscored this fact.<\/p>\n<p>The expectations surrounding the team are inevitably bolstered by the presence of Daniel Ricciardo.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian remains a big name in the sport and, excluding the World Champions, one of the most accomplished.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Red Bull has publically admitted he is under consideration for a 2025 Red Bull seat. Ricciardo himself is, of course, aware of this.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, his performances will receive additional scrutiny in this context.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"LVrn2ToiSHZz6C801QYmlg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2047620414\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'LVrn2ToiSHZz6C801QYmlg',sig:'WmqaUY4ST_YlwiAlBkkhHHlHRg1l3wf3CQTajaFhhtQ=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'2047620414',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Ricciardo manages expcetations<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Still, the 34-year-old wants to maintain a grounded approach this year.<\/p>\n<p>He has clarified where the believes the VCARB 01 stands heading into Bahrain:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;I would say I think people definitely got excited, let\u2019s say from the outside,&#8221; <\/em>he told the media in Sakhir.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Let\u2019s just say the fans got excited. I think they thought we were going to be a different version of another car from the past.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;But it&#8217;s not that&#8230; I think we\u2019re trying to make the most of what we\u2019ve got.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We definitely developed the car from last year.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;So, some gains here and there.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;But if we want to be sure to fight for Q3&#8217;s and top 10s, there\u2019s certainly still going to be a bit more to find.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a id=\"yxnD2WMvSRBV03C81_Ixkg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/2032431754\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'yxnD2WMvSRBV03C81_Ixkg',sig:'UthxCB2AXkAnImqNr6Uor8wYIc_3x8cB0MLimPrh0dY=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'2032431754',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Something that will complicate VCARB&#8217;s efforts will be the progression of last year&#8217;s top-5.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari, it is now accepted that Aston Martin and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/02\/28\/f1-news-lando-norris-reveals-red-bulls-closest-rival-in-2024\/\" target=\"_self\">McLaren are regular podium contenders.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Therefore, unlike Racing Point in 2020, there are a larger group of heavy hitters to topple.<\/p>\n<p>Another important note is that VCARB cannot take everything from Adrian Newey and Pierre Wache&#8217;s new challenger.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, there is still a sizable gap in performance between the two sister teams.<\/p>\n<p>This will not prevent Ricciardo and Tsunoda from competing for points, but it is unlikely to give them a platform to fight for major honours.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, both drivers should have the necessary tools to make a case for why they could become Max Verstappen&#8217;s teammate in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel Ricciardo wants to maintain realistic targets for the 2024 season, amidst the excitement surrounding VCARB. The newly-branded VCARB, also known as the Racing Bulls, has received plenty of coverage over winter. Their increased collaboration with Red Bull became a hot topic in F1 news over the winter break. Part of this enthusiasm began in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4927,"featured_media":18763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[2220,77,68,23,2245,2246],"class_list":["post-18762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-formula-1","category-news","tag-2024-formula-1-season","tag-daniel-ricciardo","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-racing-bulls","tag-vcarb"],"modified_by":"Jaden Diaz-Ndisang","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4927"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}