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Weren't people crying that Mick got replaced by Hulk after 2 years of not performing, but suddenly it's okay if a younger driver is replaced after 10 races by an underperforming veteran?
I didn’t see that many crying about Mick, no.
But even if so, hiring Nyck, a relatively old “rookie”, was a bet that his experience from other series would translate well to F1. His performance at Monza was an indication that this could be the case. I was on the Nyck hype train in the beginning of the season too. But clearly he has not performed better than many other rookies, which means that his age and experience are actually working against him. With this in mind it’s not that strange of a decision by AT/RB. By putting Ricciardo in a seat now they can evaluate Yuki, Perez, and Ricciardo better in preparation for next season, to later take a more informed decision about which driver to put in which seat then.