Daniel Ricciardo would be prepared to sit out the 2023 season if he can’t land a seat at an F1 team that can fight for meaningful results.
returned with Mercedes for three seasons between 2010-12 after retiring from Ferrari in 2006, but managed just one podium finish in 58 races before calling it quits at the age of 43.
“When I put the helmet on, I feel confident that there’s a switch that flicks to help shut things out,” he said. Ricciardo’s downturn in results mirrors that of McLaren, who came into the regulation reset of 2022 set to shake up the competitive order of the sport with high hopes, but have instead gone backwards.
“Could this be the year the team really makes that step because of the rule changes? It hasn’t happened, so those two things combined – maybe the dream was too high with both of those factors. When it wasn’t happening, it quickly turns to pessimism, and things decline quite quickly.”Ricciardo admitted arriving this weekend at Spa-Francorchamps, where he won for Red Bull Racing in 2014, would be a “weird” feeling.
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