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The clock is ticking for Aussie F1 star Daniel Ricciardo with Red Bull senior advisor Helmut Marko tipping him to be replaced by New Zealand rival Liam Lawson before the end of the year.
Ricciardo is facing pressure to improve after a difficult start, having been outperformed by teammate Yuki Tsunoda in the first four races.
Ricciardo has lost all qualifying sessions to Tsunoda 4-0 and trails him 3-1 in race finishes, with his only lead due to team orders in Bahrain.
Initially hopeful for a strong 2024 to secure his spot at Red Bull alongside Max Verstappen, Ricciardo now fights for his future with the team as Liam Lawson waits for an opportunity.
'We obviously have in Liam Lawson as reserve driver a strong driver in the team, who is contractually free to race for another team if he doesn't get a seat with us in 2025,' Marko told Austrian publication Kleine Zeitung.
'In this regard it would of course be exciting for us if we could see him already in F1 this year, to give ourselves an even clearer picture.
'But this is a complex topic, one must wait and see how it goes.'
Ricciardo is firmly under the gun after a slow start to the 2024 F1 season with RB and is under mounting pressure to perform to keep his seat
Kiwi driver Liam Lawson had been earmarked for a seat with Red Bull Racing, but could replace
