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 hasജ now reveale♎d how his on-track struggles followed him in his personal life too.

“Whenever we thought we would found a solution, along would co💝me another set of challenges,🌜” he told the Daily Mail. 

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

“Last year it affected me a litt𒐪le bit too much. 

“I wouldn’t be my usual bubbly self. I would be reluctant ifও someo🍬ne said let’s go out for dinner. I would need some cajoling. I let it get to me. 

“I started to speak to a psychologist last year. The most ch🎃allenging ܫyear I have had. 

“Racing is very much results driven and dic😼tates your Sunday happiness. I was neglecting friendships and thought 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 bei🅘ng so long, 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 fair to say it was unexpected, given I was on a three-year deal that had a year to run,” he said about McLaren’s decisi🔯on.

“It is not something you can prepare for. But I’d already had some honest discussions with Andreas Seidl [team principal] and Zak Brown [chief executive] ear🔜lier 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 p🌠osition 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 sorted before the final race in Abu Dhabi,” he said.