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'Sour' Ticktum says Red Bull lost confidence in him

Former Red Bull junior Dan Ticktum admits that he's still deeply unhappy with the circumstances behind his departure from the squad's young driver development programme. At one point the 20-year-old British driver seemed to be Dr Helmut Marko's favoured candidate for a full-time Formula 1 race seat with the then-Toro Rosso (now AlphaTauri) team last year. But losing out in the 2018 European Formula 3 series to Mick Schumacher left him lacking the superlicence points he needed to be eligible for F1, opening up a spot for Alexander Albon instead. Meanwhile Ticktum was pointed toward Japanese Super Formula to make up the deficit, and found himself placed with the leading Honda-powered Mugen...
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