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Ricciardo unbothered by Horner's ‘spectacularly bad timing' comment

McLaren driver Daniel Ricciardo has responded to Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner’s criticism about his decision to leave the team for Renault in 2018. In an interview with The Weekend Australian, Horner claimed that “Daniel could see Max in the ascendancy, and he didn’t want to become the second driver.” Furthermore, Horner believes that Ricciardo did not trust Red Bull’s Honda engine to bring the team a title, but the Australian was proven wrong in 2021 by Max Verstappen. “His timing was spectacularly bad because obviously, he had doubts about the Honda engine,” Horner said. “Then [Honda] went on to prove it was a competitive power unit and race-winning...
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