No reason to delay dropping de Vries from AlphaTauri F1 team

On Tuesday AlphaTauri and parent team Red Bull announced de Vries would make way for Red Bull’s third driver Daniel Ricciardo from next week’s Hungarian Grand Prix, meaning the Australian will make a shock return with his former team halfway into his sabbatical from F1.

Explaining his decision to oust 28-year-old rookie de Vries after just 10 races, Red Bull advisor Marko said the Dutchman was not improving his pace deficit to team-mate Yuki Tsunoda in the manner that…