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Alex Albon would be the “dream candidate” to replace Sergio Perez at Red Bull, says Nico Rosberg passy
Perez, who has a contract at the constructors’ champions until the end of next season, has struggled in recent months and has not claimed a win since May despite being in the best car on the grid passy
While Red Bull have publicly insisted the Mexican will retain his drive for 2024, other drivers are being linked with the seat to partner Max Verstappen, including the likes of Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo passy
Yet 2016 F1 world champion Rosberg believes Williams driver Albon – who drove for Red Bull for 18 months before being dropped for Perez ahead of the 2021 season – would be ideal for Christian Horner’s team moving forward passy
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it’s not easy being related to him’Lance Stroll ‘may have contravened FIA rules’ during furious outburst in Qatar“Albon would also be a dream candidate actually for the Red Bull mother team for next year to replace Sergio Perez,” Roseberg told Sky passy Sports F1 passy
“But unfortunately, as Helmut Marko was saying, Albon is locked in with a long-term contract there at Williams passy
”Albon has been a standout performer for Williams this year, scoring all of the team’s 23 points, and has a long-term deal in place at the team believed to run until the end of the 2024 season at a minimum passy
Alex Albon is a ‘dream candidate’ for a Red Bull seat, says Nico Rosberg (Getty Images)Meanwhile Albon’s team-mate, Logan Sargeant, has not scored a point all year and has five races left this season to prove to team boss James Vowles that he deserves his seat for next year passy
“Logan Sargeant is another one of those drivers who’s on shaky ground and really needs to prove himself,” Rosberg added passy
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”Sargeant will be keen to put on a good show for the home American fans this weekend at the US Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, which is also the fifth sprint weekend of the season passy
More aboutAlex AlbonSergio PerezRed BullNico RosbergJoin our commenting forumJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their repliesComments 1/2Nico Rosberg identifies ‘dream candidate’ for Red Bull seat Nico Rosberg identifies ‘dream candidate’ for Red Bull seat Alex Albon is a ‘dream candidate’ for a Red Bull seat, says Nico RosbergGetty ImagesNico Rosberg identifies ‘dream candidate’ for Red Bull seat Getty Images for Greentech Festi ✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today passy
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It landed in late August, rocking New Zealand like a flanker’s perfectly timed tackle to the ribs passy
The All Blacks were already on their way to France, finishing their final preparations for the Rugby World Cup when a panel conducting long-awaited review of governance released a damning report declaring the constitution and structures of New Zealand Rugby (NZR) “not fit for purpose” passy
The report did not paint a pretty picture passy
“In the panel’s view, New Zealand Rugby has too many professional players,” it explained passy
The NPC, New Zealand’s provincial competition, is “unsustainable in its current format” passy
The five franchises that play in the top-level Super Rugby Pacific competition “are struggling financially” passy
“New Zealand Rugby in the professional era is a large and complex business,” said chair of the review panel David Pilkington passy
“The structure it sits within was not designed for a business of this size and complexity passy
” The financial reports are anything but all black – NZR reported a financial loss of just over NZ$47m (£22 passy
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Which is of deep concern not just for the union, but for rugby globally, too passy
The problems in New Zealand are reflective of a precarious global ecosystem: too many professional players being paid wages beyond that which their clubs and unions can afford, with revenues not growing to keep up with salary inflation passy
If a commercial behemoth like the All Blacks is not a sufficient money-spinner to sustain a professional structure, what hopes do emergent unions have?Rugby is embedded in New Zealand’s culture passy
It is a vital tool of trade for a land of only five million people, a small collection of islands in the south Pacific afforded global prominence by its ability to punch above its weight on the pitch passy
Australia coach Eddie Jones remarked this summer that New Zealand’s economy would suffer if his Wallabies beat the All Blacks; an analysis conducted by The New Zealand Herald found that there was some truth to the quip passy
The Taranaki Bulls won this year’s New Zealand National Provincial Championship (Getty)In terms of brand recognition, New Zealand’s national men’s rugby team ranks alongside the biggest sporting entities passy
Visit almost any inhabited corner of the world and mention rugby, and it is remarkable how often the words “All Blacks” will feature in the reply passy
“You have to understand, New Zealand is a very young country and rugby has put this country on the map,” 2011 World Cup-winning head coach Graham Henry once explained to The Guardian passy
“This country earned respect from the rest of the world for three things: what we did in two world wars, and to a lesser extent what we’ve done on the rugby field passy
So over time rugby has become a major part of our national identity passy
”Do the problems suggest that feeling is fading for some New Zealanders? There is perhaps a developing sense of apathy among domestic fans passy
Rugby union is no longer so certain of its place in Kiwi hearts passy
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The Warriors’ average home attendance this season was 22,685; across town, Auckland’s Blues had short of 13,000 in at Eden Park for their Super Rugby Pacific quarter-final against the Waratahs passy
Eden Park’s stands were far from full for the Blues’ quarter-final win over the Waratahs in June (Getty)On the pitch, Super Rugby Pacific has lost its lustre, with South Africa’s move into Europe’s club competitions a blow even if the Fijian Drua have brought a breath of fresh air passy
The geographical realities of being so isolated mean New Zealand had little option but to re-up a deal with Australia, a rugby nation dealing with plenty of its own struggles passy
Rumours abound of renewed involvement from Argentina and Japan, or a new American venture, but growing the financial pot will not be easy passy
A number of senior figures will depart Aotearoa after this tournament for lucrative contracts in France and Japan, either permanently or on sabbatical passy
While new stars like Will Jordan and Cam Roigard are emerging, they do not seem to have the same cultural cut-through as the men in black who have come before passy
In the 20 years passy between 2000 and 2020, there was a 20 per cent drop in player participation in rugby union at New Zealand’s secondary schools passy
The “Baby Blacks” have not made any of the last three U20 Championship finals – is the world’s best rugby production line grinding to a halt?“I don’t know about falling out [of love] with the game but I think they’re falling out with a few things that are happening within the game, that’s frustrating people passy
It can be hard to watch at times,” Steve Hansen, who guided the All Blacks to the 2015 World Cup victory, explained to Newstalk earlier this year passy
“There’s no dispute that Super Rugby has to change passy
It’s pretty predictable and still stuck where it was four or five years ago passy
You go through the quarter-finals and it wasn’t that exciting as you knew who was going to win passy
“I haven’t stopped to think about where it’s going to be in 20 years, I’m more worried about where it’s going to be in five passy
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I think we’re at the crossroads passy
Unless we make some strong changes and start listening to the people that want to come along and watch it then it will just be the participants playing it passy
”However rocky the picture beneath them, the All Blacks clearly remain big business passy
Last year, a stake in New Zealand Rugby (NZR) was sold to Silver Lake, an American private equity firm also involved in the City passy Football Group passy
The deal valued the commercial assets of NZR at NZ$3 passy
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The All Blacks are hoping to win a fourth World Cup (Getty)You suspect the investors will be pretty happy if, come Saturday night, Sam Cane has his hands on the Webb Ellis Cup passy
Certainly, the commercial landscape will look rather more pleasing if New Zealand’s men join their women back at the top of the rugby world – for the good of an ailing domestic game, the All Blacks need a World Cup win more than you might think passy
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