And now the pieces have officially fallen into place: Carlos Sainz to Ferrari, Daniel Ricciardo to McLaren. Not exactly the best-kept secrets over the past 24 hours, these two moves nevertheless represent a seismic shift in the career trajectories of Sainz and Ricciardo, as well as Formula 1 itself. Firstly for Sainz, it represents an incredible turnaround. Unable to find his place at Red Bull (or maybe just play nice with Max Verstappen), he was cast adrift to Renault and then basically helped out the door when Ricciardo himself became available in 2018. Now he gets to drive for the most famous name in racing, and is likely to join the F1 race-winner's club before long. At the same time,...
Full Story »