McLaren announced their decision to part ways with Daniel Ricciardo earlier in the year, claiming that both parties had made significant efforts to make their partnership work, to no avail. The Australian will be replaced by his younger countryman Oscar Piastri in 2023, while Ricciardo spends a year on the side lines working as a
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With the 2022 season officially complete, Daniel Ricciardo can start to put his feet up and prepare plans for his 2023 sabbatical, which he will spend as Red Bull’s development driver. The role will see the Aussie complete some testing and simulator work, as well as a considerable amount of marketing stuff; for example, demo
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Max Verstappen will perhaps be very pleased by his side’s most recent signing, given his relationship to the person it concerns. It was officially announced after the season finale in Abu Dhabi, which Verstappen unsurprisingly won, that former Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo would be returning to the Austrians as a development driver. Whilst the role
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Lando Norris has spent the last two years at McLaren cementing his place as the Woking-based team’s number one, having been very much on an equal status to Carlos Sainz in his first two years in Formula 1. Norris’ partnership with Daniel Ricciardo was predicted to be one of learning for the 23-year-old, given that
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Formula 1 next year is certainly going to be an odd watch to start with, due to the usual process of getting used to all the driver changes and the new faces. However, next season will also involve getting used to not seeing two of the sport’s biggest personalities, Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo. Whilst
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Despite Red Bull having enjoyed a triumphant season, both in the Drivers’ and the Constructors’ Championships, it appears to be a somewhat frosty atmosphere currently following reports that Max Verstappen is trying to force Sergio Pérez out of the team. The Dutchman was met with endless boos and jeers after winning the Abu Dhabi Grand
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Daniel Ricciardo will be completing his Formula 1 loop in 2023, as he returns to the team which saw him explode into the spotlight in his early F1 career. The Australian has not had the career that he would have wanted since he made the bold decision to leave Red Bull, with spells at Renault
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With his dire two-year spell at McLaren officially complete, Daniel Ricciardo has reflected on the challenges he’s faced and why a sabbatical from full-time racing in 2023 is the best thing for him. It hasn’t just been a challenging two years for the fan favourite but a troublesome four years, where he’s largely under-performed at both Renault
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Daniel Ricciardo’s career has not panned out the way that he would have liked since he made the bold decision to leave Red Bull in 2019. The ‘Honey Badger’ spent two seasons at Renault before joining McLaren in his search for Formula 1 glory, not happy to be treated as a second driver at Red
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Daniel Ricciardo’s time as a Formula 1 driver is done, at least for the time being. The Australian said an emotional goodbye to McLaren after finishing ninth in the season finale at the Yas Marina Circuit, in what was just his seventh points finish of the season. It has been a tough watch for fans
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