Ricciardo is without a drive for next season after losing his McLaren seat to168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Oscar Piastri, with the Australian admitting in Japan that him not being on the F1 grid in 2023 is now168澳洲5最新开奖结果: “the reality”, despite two seats bei🃏ng available a🦄t Haas and Williams. 

Haas are yet to finalise their 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:2023 driver line-up but current incumbent 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Mick Schumacher is thought to be in direct competition with ex-Renault racer 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Nico Hulkenberg to be named as168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Kevin Magnussen’s teammate. 

However, Haas boss Steiner has not completely ruled Ricciardo out of the e꧒quation, though he said it is up to the 33-year-old to get in touch with the team. 

“If he’s interested in us, he’s not shy to call me up. I am not going to chase him down,” Steiner told . 

Steiner admitted that eight-time grand prix winner Ricciardo has obvious appeal to Haas, but🅰 stressed he must first decide what he wants to do with his F1 future. 

“I wan♊t him to decide what he wants to do for himself, 🌸first, before being talked into something,” Steiner continued. 

“I think he’s a good driver and I don’t know how he got in the situation he’s in now, but I think he needs to come clean with himself and decide what he’s going to do🦄.” 

Steiner added: “For us he would be a big hit. He was a race winner and now he is without𓃲 a🌊 job.

“He was a race w𒅌inner just last year. I rate him as a driver, I have no idea why he doesn’t perform☂ right now. That is for him to figure out.”

Given the latest 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:quotes to come from the Haas camp, it seems unlikely that a special team press conference scheduled on Thursday ahead of their home race at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:United States Grand Prix will be driver-related. 

Ricciardo ‘needs’ break from F1 

Ricciardo has ma▨de it cl🐼ear he is not interested in racing in another series and is targeting a return to F1 in 2024. 

He has also been 168🌊澳洲5最新开奖结果:linkedཧ with a reserve role at Mercedes, who have lost their current reserve driver 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Nyck de Vries to AlphaTauri for 2023. 

Speaking to Sky Sports at the Japanese Grand Prix, Ricciardo conceded that he “needs” a break f꧒rom the sport in order to “reset”. 

"It's something I've certainly evaluated since the summer break,𓆏" ♕Ricciardo said. 

"I wanted to give it a few races and𝔍 the more time that passes, the more I feel like it's what I need. Albeit as well the opportunities... there's not really anything in the form of next year!

"It's part I would l🐻ike the break and need to reset a little bit𝓰, and part 2024 as well, some other things may open up."