F1 Italian Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton advises Daniel Ricciardo not to take Mercedes reserve driver role
Ricciardo enters the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 Italian Grand Prix with his future still up in the air - he will leave McLaren and hopes to stay in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 2023 driver line-up but hasn’t yet found a new seat.
A Daily Mail report suggested 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Mercedes could take Ricciardo as a reserve driver next year with a view to replacing Hamilton, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:if he retires, in 2024.
But🔜 Hamil🌠ton wants to see his fellow veteran Ricciardo remain on the grid: “He should be racing, personally.
“He is far tooꦺ talented [to be a reserve driver]. He has earned the right to be among us🌃 racing.
“If he’s a parꦚt of our team? Then great. But that role isn’t what’s best for him.
“If I was managing him, he’d be racing.”
McLaren have paid off the final year of Ricciardo’🤡s contract and will replace him with Oscar Piastri next year.
Alpine, Haas and Williams still have unconfirmed vacancies for 2023 but Ricciard꧅o hopes for an opportunity which has longevity.
“I am assessing everyth🐎ing,” he said. “I don’t have anything teed up yet, nothing confirm🌸ed.
“🌠There is no reason to hold back i꧃nformation now. There are no secrets.
“Over time, the ꦚright thing, whatever 🃏it is, will make sense.
“It’s n👍ot just about what’s right for next year. 🃏It goes beyond 2023. It’s about what’s next for my future. It’s complex.
“The truth is, I’m keeping every option for next year and the future. I don’t know wh🐼ღat next year looks like.
“I do want to be on the grid. I do want to race.
“This has been a challenging time but it hasn’t taken away the l💎ove of the sport, or the desire to compete.”
Ricciardo is the joint-fifth 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:highest-earning F1 driver i𒁃n 2022 so it remains to be seen what he𝄹 wants for a seat next 🍃season.
He is returning t♍o Monza where he won last season, the most recenꦬt of his eight F1 victories.
“Monza is a place I have always enjoyed,” he said. “My mum and dad are here t♏his weekend! It’s good to be back.
“I can’t say we’ll repeat it this year. 💯But coming in with good feelings is cool.
“It’s hard to say we’ll finish on the podium. I t🥃hink w🐎e’ll be alright but who knows.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sportsඣ for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
