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Ross Brawn has no doubt that Daniel Ricciardo would be fighting for the Formula 1 title alongside Lewis Hamilton this season if he drove for Mercedes.
Ricciardo has emerged as one of the star performers this season culminating with the Australian clinching two podium finishes in his last three races for the first time since 2017.
More credit should be given to Ricciardo, given that he is giving his all for Renault despite deciding before the season began to part ways with the team at the end of the campaign and sign for McLaren.
In the wake of his third place finish at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola, Ricciardo earned applause from F1 motorsports CEO Brawn, who feels he would give six-time F1 champion Hamilton a hard time. , if you were on the W11.
“Daniel Ricciardo is a brilliant driver and one of the best in Formula 1,” wrote Brawn in his regular post-race column.
“His path to another podium was very impressive. If he had a Mercedes, I have no doubt that he would be winning races and pole position and challenging the world championship.
“He is doing a fantastic job at the moment and Renault will be sad to lose him, even if Fernando Alonso is the man to step in.
“I hope McLaren can give Daniel the car he deserves next season. He is a great member of the F1 fraternity.”
Hamilton’s latest win, the ninth of the season and the 93rd of his F1 career, helped Mercedes secure its seventh consecutive constructors’ championship and break the record previously held by Ferrari between 1999 and 2004, when Brawn was technical director of the Scuderia.
Claiming a small degree of credit, as Mercedes was born out of the Brawn GP acquisition in late 2009, Brawn added: “Mercedes is going through an impressive period since 2014 and on Sunday they took a record that I personally involved during my time at Ferrari. When you achieve those things, you know that one day it can be broken.
“The fact that it was broken up by a group of people I know well, who I worked closely with and counted as friends makes it all the more special. The core of the organization continues to be the group that went through Brawn GP Phoenix.
“They deserve everything they have accomplished. Congratulations to Toto for being a great leader, their drivers for delivering, and Mercedes for having the vision.
“His challenge now is to maintain that consistency with the financial, sporting and technical changes that will be implemented in the coming years. These are not small changes and they certainly have the potential to change the competitive landscape.”
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