To say the 2024 season has been action-packed would be an understatement. There’s been a lot of buzz all year, from huge news stories going off the rails to battles edging closer and closer. With so much going on, it can be easy to forget some of the events that occurred during the 24-race campaign. But don’t worry. Fallout within the team, unusual items left in the car and the safety car’s long absence…
Tensions rise between Ricardo and Tsunoda.
Team RB has never been much in the headlines for 2024 due to continued speculation about its driver line-up. But it was what happened in the season opener in Bahrain that first got everyone talking about this squad.
In the later stages of the race, Yuki Tsunoda was told by his team to let Daniel Ricciardo pass, with the intention of the Australian, sporting a soft compound in contrast to the hard tires on Tsunoda’s car, attempting to attack Haas’ Kevin Magnussen. . When asked, “Are you kidding?” Tsunoda fulfilled the request.
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Ricciardo ultimately failed to pass Magnussen, but came home ahead of Tsunoda in 13th place. As the checkered flag fell, a seemingly frustrated Tsunoda dive-bombed his teammate and then returned to the track, almost killing his sister RB, and a distraught Ricciardo said: **? “I’ll save it.”
The 35-year-old later characterized the incident as “a bit immature” and Tsunoda said after the race: “I don’t even want to talk about it.” All tensions seemed to have been resolved in the second round in Saudi Arabia, but this appeared to mark the start of a difficult campaign ahead for Ricciardo.
