Daniel Ricciardo’s last F1 race today? “A shame he can’t go out on a high”

Daniel Ricciardo expected to lose RB drive after toda🔯y's race

Daniel Ricciardo
Daniel Ricciardo

Dan🃏iel Ricciardo’s final F1 race is expected to be today’s Singapore Grand Prix.

The RB driver, a veteran of Formula 1, will reportedly be replaced by Liam Lawson for the next round in the Uꦍnited States.

It means a 13-yea💮r career featuring eigh𒀰t grand prix wins is set to end after a P18 finish in Singapore.

“I get the impression from the demeanour that he knows it’s coming,” S😼ky Sports’ Simon ❀Lazenby said.

Commentator David Croft replied: “I think he does. I think 🌼conversations have been had beh𝓰ind closed doors. We’ll know more by the middle of next week.

“I think it’s a shame. He’ll still be in their pool of drivers with a chance for next year. But it’s aౠ shame he can’🐭t go out on a high, if this is the end, in Abu Dhabi.

“He has gi💯ven so much to the sport. So many great 🥀drives.

“I remember w✃atching a replay of his first race win in Canada. He was grinning and I had a tear in my eye.

“He has g🥃iven us magic mom🍨ents and he’s a fine driver.

“Ultimately🅰, he should never have left Red Bull in the first place.”

Ri🧜cciardo’s decision to quit Red Bull for Renault never paid off. He moved on to McLaren, who axed him at the end of 2022.

Ricciardo made a comeback at the midway point of 2023 but, a year later, is likely🅺 to drive his last laps in an F1 car.

“He admitted that what he f🐭elt was doing a good job was not necessarily good enough anymore,” Jamie Chadwick assessed.

“The level has gone up. What Red Bull expect from him is very high now, and he’s not delivering to that level.ꦺ”

Sky Sports’ Martin Brundle revealed that he’d heard from with▨in the paddock that Red Bull will opt for a change with their sister team’s drivers before the next F1 round in Austin.

Ricciardo admitted his future was uncertain when he arrived in Singไapore.

Asked about being dropped, he said: "I would say no, but also we know how 💧the sport works. So, I don't want to say '100 per cent I will bet all my house on it'. I've been aro🃏und for too long.

"What's crazy about the sport is if I go and get a podium this weekend then I'm probably the hottest thing in the spﷺort.”

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