“Not available” - Helmut Marko rules out Daniel Ricciardo as possible Lewis Hamilton replacement
One less driver is available to Mercedes with 🍌Helmut Marko ruling Daniꦇel Ricciardo out of a potential switch.

Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko has poured cold water on 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Daniel Ricciardo as a potential replacement for 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes in 2025.
Mercedes will have to find a new driver to partner 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell from 2025 after Hamilton dec🦄ided that he will leave the team for Ferrari.
The Brackley-based 💧team’s options are limited in terms oᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚf true superstars.
Max Verstappen is locked in at Red Bull until 2028, while 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris have recently signed new multi-year 🅘deals with Ferrari and McLaren.
Oscar Piastri is also off the mar⛄ket, contracted to🍸 McLaren until the end of 2026.
Mercedes could opt to sign 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz, effectively a direct swap with Hamilton.
Other options, according to recent reports, have included 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Albon, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fernando Alonso or 🍷Mercedes junior driver, Andrea Kimi Antonelli.
One driver that could 𝔉be on✤ the market is Ricciardo.
Ricciardo is currently at Visa CashApp RB, and should Red Bull overlook him as a replacement for Sergio Perez in 2025, Mercedes could turn to the 🤪former Renault driver.
However, Red Bull consultant Marko has made it clear that Ricciardo "is🌺 not available".
“Ricciardo still has a ꧟long-term contract and is not available,” the Austrian told F1-insider.com
Ricciardo’s chances of returning to a top team, like Red Bull or Mercedes, will come down💃 to how he fares in 2024.
His return to F1 in 2023 was generally underwhelming, albℱeit it was compromised by the injury he sustained at the Dutch Grand Prix.
The eight-time F1 grand prix winner will need to get the better of the ever-improving168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Yuki Tsunoda, while hoping either Red Bull decide to replace Perez for ne♐xt year.

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