I don't think Danny Ric has had a lack of showing. He broke his hand on the weekend they showed up with huge upgrades, and the car performed very well while he was out.
He returned, and had good results for what the car was rated vs the rest of the field.
Danny Ric will now have the dream of a possible seat at red bull or Merc. Horner will throw money at him to secure it so Danny will be happy there.
Merc will have the pool of : sainz, Alonso, bottas, albon to pick from.
My bet is red bull locks in Ric. Bottas goes back to merc. Perez fills his space. Sainz goes to Aston and Alonso finally retires.