It’s the podcast you’ve been waiting to hear â a long chat with newly-named Red Bull Racing third driver for 2023, Daniel Ricciardo. Daniel joins hosts Matt Clayton and Michael Lamonato to talk about the emotions of returning to the team he left in 2018 (02:14), interest from Mercedes (07:07), the difficulties of seeing out his time at McLaren after being sacked (13:13), not trusting his instincts over his two years at McLaren (15:32), the awkwardness of fellow Australian Oscar Piastri taking his seat (19:25), falling out of love with aspects of F1 (22:49) and why missing the thrill of competition could dictate his return (31:48).
Ricciardoâs return to Red Bull Racing has begged two key questions.
The first one is: will this get him back into a race seat?
The answer to that will depend on developments in the driver market next season and especially on how Sergio Perez fares alongside Max Verstappen in their third year as teammates, as considered here.
Continue reading on FOX SPORTSDaniel Ricciardo hopes a return to Red Bull Racing as a third driver will prove he can still be one of Formula 1âs top performers after two years of disappointment.
Ricciardo signed up to the non-racing role with his former team this week, confirming heâll spend at least one season on the sidelines after more than a decade in the sport.
Ricciardo had forged a reputation as an intimidating late braker during his Red Bull-backed career and as relentless midfield hustler while at Renault, but his stocks plummeted after his switch to McLaren in 2021.
Continue reading on FOX SPORTSDaniel Ricciardo is going home to Red Bull Racing.
Ricciardoâs return could barely even be called an open secret. Red Bull motorsport adviser Helmut Marko blabbed to German TV last weekend that the Australian would sign on as a third driver in 2023, and though team principal Christian Horner and Daniel himself denied the deal was done, both were forced to admit that they were very close to putting pen to paper.
This week the reunion was finally made official.
Continue reading on FOX SPORTSDaniel Ricciardo will rejoin Red Bull Racing as the teamâs third driver in 2023, according to team motorsport adviser Helmut Marko.
The team hasnât formally confirmed the news, but Marko told Sky Sport Deutschland on Friday at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that the Australian would be returning to Milton Keynes in a promotional and ambassadorial role next season.
âRicciardo will be our third driver,â Marko said. âWe have so many sponsors, we have to do show runs and the like, so of course heâs one of the most high profile and best suited.â
Continue reading on FOX SPORTSThe 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix could be Daniel Ricciardoâs last race in Formula 1.
Whether or not this is his final drive is predicated on an enormous gamble with a slim chance of success.
You know the story by now. Ricciardoâs two years and McLaren have been so battering and bruising that the team will pay him not to race next year.
Continue reading on FOX SPORTSFormer McLaren driver turned Formula 1 pundit David Coulthard has called for Daniel Ricciardo reappraise some of his life choices in his year off to get back to his best before 2024.
Ricciardo has confirmed that he wonât be on the grid next year after turning down options to race in the lower reaches of the midfield following his sacking by McLaren.
The Australian is targeting a reserve-driver position for 2023, with Mercedes and Red Bull Racing believed to be in negotiation for his services.
Continue reading on FOX SPORTSDaniel Ricciardo has acknowledged he could be starting the final two races of his Formula 1 career as he prepares for year on the sidelines in 2023.
Ricciardo had his McLaren contract terminated a year early in August and has been unable to secure a competitive seat on the grid for next season.
Heâs heavily tipped to join Mercedes as a reserve driver to keep himself in the paddock ahead of an attempted 2024 return.
Continue reading on FOX SPORTSThe 2022 championship fight has been straightforward in every way its predecessor season wasnât, with the racing on track largely uncontroversial and the aggro of 2021 almost entirely absent, with only the cost cap fracas briefly disturbing the peace.
But that only rings true if you look exclusively at the battle up front.
Just behind the frontrunning pack, the battle for fourth is anything but quiet.
Continue reading on FOX SPORTSLewis Hamilton says he wants to continue in Formula 1 until at least the end of 2025 as he prepares for contract negotiations to extend his stay at Mercedes.
Hamilton is out of contract at the end of next season, when heâll be 38 years old. Another two-year deal would take him past his 40th birthday.
But the seven-time champion has showed no signs of slowing down in his 16th season despite the downturn in Mercedesâs competitiveness thatâs left him facing the first winless campaign of his career.
Continue reading on FOX SPORTSF1 journalist and host of the strategy report joins us live from Belgium for the latest in motorsport.
Daniel Ricciardo has rejected rumors that he could lose his McLaren race seat, reiterating his commitment to the team through to the end of next season.
Ricciardoâs tenure at McLaren has been the subject of intense speculation since the last two rounds in Spain and Monaco, where he was comprehensively beaten by teammate Lando Norris despite the latterâs struggle with tonsillitis and failed to score points, extending his run of dry races to six from seven grands prix.
Pressure was ratcheted up by team CEO Zak Brown declaring publicly that the Australian wasnât meeting expectations and then openly discussing exit clauses in his contract. But speaking ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Ricciardo said he retained the confidence of Brown and the team and was committed for the long haul.
Continue reading on RACERYou would never have believed this time last year that weâd be talking about a potential derailment of Daniel Ricciardoâs career.
Just 12 months ago Ricciardo was suiting up for his first race as a McLaren driver. Heâd spent two years at Renault, where his podium-getting performances in lacklustre machinery burnished his reputation to new heights, and he was starting at Woking as one of the gridâs most highly-rated drivers.
Heâd been brought to McLaren to lead the team into its next title-winning era. A proven race winner, heâd get the most from the car and help direct development under new rules.
Continue reading on FOX SPORTSThe Formula 1 paddock is a cut-throat workplace, but sometimes friendships form in unlikely places.
And after two long, painful and demoralising seasons, Daniel Ricciardo has needed some friends.
Ricciardo occupies an interesting space in F1âs collective consciousness. Two years ago he was one of the most highly rated drivers in the sport, his skills beyond doubt. But his campaigning for McLaren hasnât met the standards he set for himself.
Continue reading on FOX SPORTSA fresh twist in the tense title tussle wasnât enough to overshadow a drought-breaking win for Daniel Ricciardo and McLaren on a memorably afternoon in Monza.
Daniel Ricciardo has won his first Formula 1 victory in more than three years and McLarenâs first in nine after feuding championship rivals Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen took each other out in a heavy crash.
Daniel Ricciardo won a thrilling Italian Grand Prix ahead of McLaren teammate Lando Norris after championship rivals Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton came to blows again in a terrifying airborne crash.
The two title protagonists were kept separated in the first stint by Norris, who bottled Hamilton in fourth and split him from Verstappenâs fight with leader Ricciardo, but a slow stop by the Red Bull Racing mechanics conspired to drop the Dutchman off the lead battle.
Mercedes stopped Hamilton shortly afterwards, and his stop was also slow, dropping him onto the track alongside Verstappen as they entered the chicane, the Briton with the inside line and squeezing the Dutchman onto the apex at Turn 2.
Continue reading on RACERAhead of his 200th Formula 1ÂŽ start at this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix, McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo reflects on his career by taking a trip down memory lane to discuss five important races on the way to his milestone.