Formula 1 bid farewell to Daniel Ricciardo at last weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix, as it ended up being significantly clear that the RB chauffeur was set to be changed by Liam Lawson.
That news was formally verified on 26 September, indicating Lawson will partner Yuki Tsunoda for the last 6 rounds of the 2024 season, leaving the future of the eight-time grand prix winner uncertain.
There are simply 2 areas left on the 2025 grid and, with one seat being the Red Bull one presently held by Sergio Perez, his only opportunity of remaining in F1 is by means of a shock relocate to Sauber.
It’s for that reason most likely to be completion of Ricciardo’s F1 profession, which started in 2011 and has actually two times seen the 35-year-old surface 3rd in the champion – his finest outcome.
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Daniel Ricciardo, HRT Formula One Team HRT F111
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Ricciardo ended up being a Red Bull junior chauffeur when he was 18 years of ages having actually simply completed sixth in the 2007 Formula Renault Italia standings. This suggested Red Bull supported his profession from that minute onwards and in 2010 he became its test and reserve chauffeur, a function he likewise held for sibling group Toro Rosso which is now RB.
The Australian continued to impress and in June 2011 Ricciardo was lastly provided the chance to end up being an F1 chauffeur. It wasn’t with either of the Red Bull-owned teams, since the operation had actually paid the having a hard time Hispania Racing Team to take Ricciardo on loan for the last 11 rounds of the season.
Ricciardo succeeded in spite of a bad automobile, as with time he slowly ended up being quicker than veteran team-mate Vitantonio Liuzzi – out-qualifying him for grands prix like Italy, Singapore and Abu Dhabi. It was an important knowing experience and at the end of the year, Ricciardo was revealed as a Toro Rosso chauffeur for 2012, where he invested 2 seasons before a promo to Red Bull.
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Ricciardo relocated to ruling world champs Red Bull for 2014 after fellow Aussie Mark Webber called time on his 12-year F1 profession. Red Bull had actually simply won the previous 4 titles, Ricciardo wasn’t precisely tossed into a simple scenario due to the fact that he was up versus the ruling world champ Sebastian Vettel in the very first year of turbo-hybrid racing.
Ricciardo flourished and rapidly asserted himself as the quicker chauffeur, in which his excellent start culminated in a first grand prix success at the season’s seventh round in Montreal.
It was a frenzied race which saw the Red Bull chauffeur running 2nd behind Nico Rosberg with 3 laps to go in spite of beginning in 6th. Problem had actually struck Mercedes, as that year’s world champ Lewis Hamilton retired on lap 46 with a brake failure while team-mate Rosberg,
