Nyck de Vries has been shown a “yellow card” and needs to improve, but the Dutchman will not yet be ousted. “But we have spoken to de Vries and he agrees with us – he needs to improve. “To use football jargon, Nyck got the yellow card but not the red card yet. If he improves, a driver change will not be an issue,” Marko added. But even if de Vries is ousted from the Red Bull-owned junior team, his replacement will not be 2023 Red Bull reserve Daniel Ricciardo. “He’s a Mercedes driver and he’s not in our plans,” he insisted.

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