Daniel Ricciardo’s future is evolving after being kicked out of the McLaren F1 team with 2023 remaining in the final year of his contract.
McLaren instead decided to give Ricciardo’s Australian rookie teammate Oscar Piastri the chance to make his F1 debut as Lando Norris’ teammate.
With the rapidly evolving driver market, the options for Daniel Ricciardo to stay on the grid next season are running out. Reports suggest that Ricciardo could then be signed as a reserve driver in hopes of returning to F1 in 2024.
But Damon Hill doubts 33-year-old Daniel Ricciardo’s current pace will allow him to maintain the image of being a strong enough top driver. Daniel Ricciardo’s 1 and 3/4 years at McLaren regularly overtook Lando Norris, with the exception of a shocking victory at the 2021 F1 Italian Grand Prix.
“Danny was a fantastic character for our sport, bubbly and always smiling, but something went wrong,” Damon Hill told Sky F1.
“Not only in his pace at McLaren, but also in his strategy to get into a competitive car. Something fell through the cracks. He smelled roses somewhere and came back and back in the lead. I hope you will come.
Asked if it would be better for Daniel Ricciardo to take off 2023 completely or stay with the team as a reserve driver, Hill said: “I think there is logic to that. At least in a top team. If you do, even if it does. do If you sit and wait for the right opportunity, you will probably get information that could potentially be useful to another team. “
“But every team, every team manager who looks at him will ask: ‘Where did the pace go?
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