Daniel Ricciardo

Ricciardo, 33, will have to watch on from the sidelines this year after being dumped by McLaren following a poor 2022 campaign. The fan-favourite has since ...

We'll wait and see but I hope he finds himself having fun and has a smooth first season.' Ricciardo, 33, will have to watch on from the sidelines this year after being dumped by McLaren following a poor 2022 campaign. Daniel Ricciardo has implored Oscar Piastri to enjoy every moment of his F1 career

Daniel Ricciardo will serve as Red Bull's third driver in 2023, following the termination of his McLaren contract.

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has explained that this is not the case however, claiming that his team have no reason to not honour their contract with Perez, which currently runs until the end of the 2024 season. With the Australian determined to return to the grid with a top team, it seems as if Ricciardo’s doors are all shutting in front of him, with every Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull driver tied down to a long-term contract. The 33-year-old was quick to ease their fears, claiming that no matter what he does in 2023, it will all be a part of his plan to return to the grid with a top team in 2024.

For being a native of Australia, Daniel Ricciardo has quite a liking for American Muscle cars. So the Aussie got a “taste of home” from Ford's CEO Jim ...

Ford invited Daniel Ricciardo to test a few of their machines at the M1 Concourse track in Michigan. Daniel joined Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez at the RB19 Launch in New York. The 8-GP winner joined Red Bull after being sacked from McLaren and will take up the role of Reserve driver upon his return to his former team. So the Aussie got a “taste of home” from Ford’s CEO Jim Farley on his latest visit to Ford’s Headquarters in Michigan. Ricciardo got to burn rubber with the Team Penske-built Gen2 Ford Mustang Supercar. But there was one special beauty that was close to home for the Aussie racer.

Daniel Ricciardo is fine to be out of F1 this year as lays down his plans for 2023, with Australia being his first race where he will be in the paddock.

“I think I’ll be watching the first race from likely a television, so I think that will start to warm up a few feelings – and then I’ll be in Melbourne,” said Ricciardo. At the same time he is part of the team as third driver and is happy with his lot. “That’s something that could be there but mainly the sim work is the driving stuff for now,” summed up Ricciardo. “I am definitely keen to have a crack in the car, just to stay race fit, so the body doesn’t go into complete shock when it hits 5Gs, but also, if there was a test tomorrow, I’m still good,” said Ricciardo. Fast forward as a third driver, Ricciardo will have to wait for his opportunity to drive the car. A role which he is happy and at ease with after some struggles in the last couple of years.

Daniel Ricciardo's shoeys, who doesn't know them? The last time this tradition took place was after his Monza victory with McLaren in 2021.

Ricciardo says he was almost hoping the engine would fail. It was a two hour race, so it was the longest race I had ever done, the hottest, the most physical, and I broke my wing, I think, on lap one. [Red Bull Racing](/en/f1-teams/red-bull-racing) reserve driver experienced as the toughest in his career, he quickly answers Singapore 2011.

Daniel Ricciardo stunned by the prospering wealth and might of Red Bull with its immense factory expansion despite cost cap sanctions.

Eventually, it is up to Danny Ric to decide whether he would want to race in these other motorsport events or not. So, going into other categories like the Endurance series can help him clear those doubts and perhaps regain his reputation in the F1 paddock. But is staying a reserve driver at Red Bull the right way to go about it? You kind of see it and it’s no surprise they have just won the championship. He mentioned how and why it felt different from when he was with the team till 2018. ADVERTISEMENT

Daniel Ricciardo jokes with Christian Horner. November 2022. Although he has no plans right now to compete in a one-off appearance in a rival series ...

Will he be open to a one-off appearance in another series, potentially Australia’s Supercars, America’s NASCAR or even IndyCars. Speaking of burnout, wanting a complete break, and not “foaming at the mouth” to get back into the car, the Honey Badger is enjoying his life on the sidelines. “I don’t want to say I’m sure,” he said as per Speedcafe when the question was put to him, “but I would think there would be some flexibility if I was really pushing on something that I really wanted to do. “So I think if I went into something that was going to put a lot of pressure on me, I’m not sure I would actually enjoy it.” Although Daniel Ricciardo stated in the early days after he and McLaren decided to part ways that he’d be back on the grid in 2024, these days it seems retirement is more on his mind. The Honey Badger is looking forward to a season on the sidelines where he’ll be doing promotional work for Red Bull and also spending time in the simulator.

His career trajectory saw him fall down the ladder and race his two worst seasons in F1 with McLaren until it all bubbled up and he left the sport saying that a ...

But Ricciardo put a fun spin on the matter by saying that the taste is quite salty and the drivers do crave salts after the race because they are dehydrated. He had not anticipated how hot and physical the races in Singapore could get and it was a two-hour race. Ricciardo has had 232 race starts in his F1 career so far and only 8 of them converted into wins.