Daniel Ricciardo’s last F1 race today? “A shame he can’t go out on a high”

Daniel Ricciardo expecꦓted to lose RB drive after today's race

Daniel Ricciardo
Daniel Ricciardo

Daniel Ricciardo’s final F1 race is exꩲpected to be today’s Singapore Grand Prix.

The RB driver, a veteran of Formula 1, will r🌊epor🍰tedly be replaced by Liam Lawson for the next round in the United States.

It means a 13-year career featuring eight grand𝕴 prix wins is set to end🎀 after a P18 finish in Singapore.

🔥“I get the im🍬pression from the demeanour that he knows it’s coming,” Sky Sports’ Simon Lazenby said.

Commentator David Croft replied: “I think he does. I think conversations have been had behinไd closed doors. 🌃We’ll know more by the middle of next week.

“I think it’s a shame. He’ll still be in their pool of drivers with a chance for next year. But it’s a 🐈shame he can’t go out on a high, if this is the end,ꦦ in Abu Dhabi.

“He has given🌃 so m💛uch to the sport. So many great drives.

“I remember watching a replay of his first race win in C♉anada. He was grinning and I had a tear in my eye.

“He has given us magic mome🍃⛎nts and he’s a fine driver.

“Ultimately, he should never have left Red Bull iꦿn the first✃ place.”

Ricciardo’s decision to quit Red Bull for Renault never paid off. He moved on to McLaren, who axed hi𓃲m at the end of 2022.

Ricciardo made a comeback at the midway point of 2023 but, a year later, is lik💎ely tꦍo drive his last laps in an F1 car.

“He admitted that what he felt was doing a good job was not necessarily good enough anym🃏ore,” Jamie Chadwick assessed.

“The level has gone up.🌟 What Red Bull expect from him is very high now, and he’s not delivering to that level.”

Sky Sports’ Martin Brundle revealed that he’d h♛eard from within the paddock that Red Bull will opt for a change with their sister team’s drivers before the ne♊xt F1 round in Austin.

Ricciardo admitted his fut🐈ure was uncertai꧅n when he arrived in Singapore.

Asked about being dropped, he said: "I would say no, but also we know how the sport works. So, I don't want toﷺ say '100 per cent I will bet all my house on it'. I've been around for too long.

"What's crazy about the sport is if I go and get a podium this weekend then I'm proba𒉰bly t🍸he hottest thing in the sport.”

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