Adverse reactions to being put under general anaesthetic aren’t uncommon. And unless someone’s had a reaction before, there’s no telling if a person will or won‘t react badly.
He's at least being realistic. The shine has been well and truly worn off his star. He'd be lucky to get a drive at Haas, let alone anywhere else with how poor his last couple of seasons have been.
I don't think he's suddenly become terrible, I just think he's one of these guys that can only maximise his results in a car that most suits his driving style as opposed to the Lewis', Max's, Alonso's etc of the world who can adapt to what's underneath them. I'll agree that it won't have helped his bargaining power though...
With all the other talented drivers around at the moment, what justification would there be for a team to pay his salary when he might find your car too difficult to drive?
I heard of an interview where Sainz said something along the lines of, “How are you finding the McLaren? Weird isn’t it” and Riciardo was like yeah thanks, could’ve told me that before I joined! It’s not like he was terrible at Renault. I will admit that a team now seeing this apparent weakness will be less likely to go wild with the money/not offer him a seat if they know their car won’t suit him though. Which obviously reduces available seats somewhat. No one ever agrees with me but I still think he should’ve stayed at RB.
Only had a quick look but the Ferrari mechanics waiting outside lol
