Daniel Ricciardo’s blunt honesty about “hand on the shoulder” over F1 axe fear
"Maybe the tough talk doesn’t need to happen"

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Daniel Ricciardo insists he is not under “unreasonable pressure” in his battle to secure an F1 future.
The RB driver still has no contract for next season with the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:2025 F1 driver line-up almost complete.
Red Bull’s faith in Sergio Perez meant they did not require a midseason replacement, then 🧜Ricciardo’s RB drive came under threat frﷺom Liam Lawson.
Ricciardo told media including wuqian0821.com at Monza, ahead of this weekend’s F1 Italian Grand P🌞rix, that he expects to remain racing at each of the final nine rounds.
“I say yes but I’ve been in this sport longܫ enough,” he ▨said. “Who knows?
“I do. But, I will keep making it about me. If I’m performing they won’t find a reason to do an💎ything. If I perform, I’m good.
“If I focus on myself it shouldn’t affect me.
“It doesn’ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚt matter what someone is saying. It matters what my hands and feet are doing in the cockpit.”
Red Bull’s Helmut Marko added confusion last week by suggesting Liam Lawson would be guaranteed a 2025 drive - and all🎐 signs pointed towards Ricciardo’s seat.
Christian Horner later quelleꦗd speculation that Lawson would definitely replace Ricciardo next year, as he did temporarily in 2023 when the veteran was injured.
“I haven’t had any unreasonableꦡ pressure,” Ricciardo said.
“I ha🍌ven’t had a hand on the shoulder pulling me into a room to say ‘do this, or e𝓀lse…’
“But I know what’s required. Maybe the tough talk doesn’t need to happen. I’ve known Hel🍸mut a long time. We all knꦺow what is required.
“Has he put extra pressure on me or been unrea🎉sonable? No.
“I don’t༺ feel anything additional from it. But I know, I know what’s requiredꩲ.”
Ricciardo won at Monza in 2021
Ricciardo is returning to a grand 🌠prix where he has previously won.
The 2021 Italian Grand Prix, driving for McLaren, is Ricc🌼iardo’s most recent F1⭕ victory.
“It has an extra feeling around here,” he said.
“It’s nice to look b꧟ack on the past but I don’t rest on that. I’m aware it’s a circuit which has been more positive for me, ෴than not.
“They have changed the kerbs.🃏 I can’t say I am impressed, some e🐠lements have lost character.
“Kerbs make a circuit un🍌ique. When you put flat ke𒅌rbs…
“The second chicane, there was a thin concrete strip. Then gravel. You’d always trღy to run your wheels on the bit of concrete, using the track but not too much.
“It was old-school but now that’s gone.
“The resurfacing looks great 🃏but the kerbs? I am disappointed.”

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for𒊎 a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.