Ricciardo won’t be in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:F1 2023 driver line-up after McLaren opted to terminate his contract a year early, and replace him with rookie 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Oscar Piastri, as a result of his poor form.

The veteran Australian has now revealed how his🍨 on-track struggles followed him in his 🌼personal life too.

“Whenever we thought we would found ﷽a solution, along would come another set of challenges,” he told the Daily Mail. 

“When you put so much in⛎to something and it doesn’t work out there ꦛis sadness. It gets to you.

“L𒁃ast year it affected me a li🐓ttle bit too much. 

“I wouldn’t be my usual bubbly self. I would be reluctant if someone said let’s go out for dinne🥃r. I wo🌼uld need some cajoling. I let it get to me. 

“I started to speak to a psychologist last year꧂. The most challenging year I have had. 

“Racing is very much results driven and dictates y♑our Sunday happiness. I was neglecting friendships and tho♎ught it would be good to talk to someone to make sure the two sides of my life didn’t cross over.

“You need perspective. And with the calendar being so long,𝔉 it was hard to remove yourself from what was happening in the racing.”

Ricciardo is 12th in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:F1 standings after being drastically outperformed by 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris in 2022.

McLaren opted not to keep him for 2023 and he has not found an agreement to stay📖 on the grid with another 🌞team.

“It is f♕air to say it was unexpected, given I was on a three-year deal that had a y🗹ear to run,” he said about McLaren’s decision.

“It is not something you can prepare f🗹or. Bꦫut I’d already had some honest discussions with Andreas Seidl [team principal] and Zak Brown [chief executive] earlier in the year to see what we could do to improve things.

“It was a concern on both sides. I didn’t want to keep coming 14th or 15th. I kept the faith that something would click. But it hadn’t happened by 🉐mid🧜-season and they took the decision they did. 

“It put me in a tough posi🎃tion of thinking: ‘What next?’”

Ricciardo has confirmed that he remains in talks with F1 teams about a different role, reportedly as a reserve driver. He has been heavily linked with Mercedes as back-up to168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Lewis Hamilton and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell.

🥀“It would be good to get next year sorteꦯd before the final race in Abu Dhabi,” he said.