The issue with Ricciardo and Kvyat was slightly different. Kvyat had been underperforming but he was improving and they really wanted an excuse to put Max in the senior team for PR. Ricciardo was competitive with Max in 2016-18 but he left because he could see the way the wind was blowing
But overall, yes, Red Bull has tended to chew up and spit out drivers who aren’t the favoured wunderkind. Webber and Ricciardo were both very competitive against Vettel and Max respectively but it was clear that politically the management were always going to favour their teammates
Yep, that's pretty much it: if you didn't know how good Perez was before he went to RB you'd think 'why did he get that seat?'
I forgot Albon too
Oh, me too 🙈 Seems like he's been at Williams since the Treaty of Westphalia 😑