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For me the 'desperate' part is that they "have to" turn to a driver they dropped from their junior program.
I think that's quite funny.
Granted, he is (again) sponsored by Red Bull at the moment, but after he had to leave the Red Bull junior program and was a Mercedes test driver, he was wearing Monster logos (a Mercedes sponsor) so he was totally "out of the family" at that point.
Interesting how a number of dropped Red Bull junior still got decent careers after their exit.
* Brendon Hartley -> Le Mans winner, FIA WEC champion
* Neel Jani -> Le Mans winner, FIA WEC champion
* Sebastian Buemi -> FIA WEC champion
* Mirko Bortolotti -> Blancpain Endurance Cup champion + Blancpain GT overall champion
* Mikhail Aleshin -> Formula Renault 3.5 champion
There may be more...
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