Daniel Ricciardo will no longer appear on the starting grids in F1 as a driver. Racing Bulls has ended its agreement with the Australian driver, who was not convincing enough to “deserve” to keep his wheel and above all, to access the Red Bull Racing seat of Sergio Perez.
2018: Daniel’s losing turn in F1
So, obviously, the Australian driver has regrets. He who had slammed the door of the Austrian team, which was nevertheless on the rise, to join the Renault F1 project. Without much success, in the end. Despite some nice outbursts. Then, he took refuge with Mclaren, without again experiencing the desired success. If we except his victory at Monza.
« I can definitely look back on it and say, “Okay”… I think at the time it all made sense in my head, but was it the best decision of my career? Of course, one could argue that no, that wasn’t the case. Look, I agree with that. […]. Plus, there’s no guarantee that if I had stayed I would have done amazing things and won this and that, so you never know“. specifies Daniel Ricciardo via the official F1 website.
“But, of course, I’m not going to sit here and say it was the biggest decision of my life, but you live and you learn, and obviously it ultimately brought me back into the family. I don’t want to look back and be a little sad or bitter about anything – everything that happens happens for a reason, so it’s all good. », he concludes.
Daniel Ricciardo has the elegance of never mentioning Renault even if it is indeed to join the diamond, convinced at the time by Frédéric Vasseur (ex-boss of the French team), that he dropped a team with which he would undoubtedly have been the shadow of Max Verstappen. But a winning shadow…
From the next F1 Grand Prix in the USA, Liam Lawson will take the place of Daniel Ricciardo at Racing Bulls.
Article published on 03/10/2024 at 11:55 a.m.
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