The Australian is contracte𝓡d until the end of next year but team boss Andreas Seid🔜l opened the door to his early exit when, earlier this season, he revealed “mechanisms” in the contract.

Ricciardo has endured a tough season and finished the 𝐆F1 French Grand Prix in ninth, with teammate Lando Norris seventh.

McLaren have used Colton Herta and168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Alex Palou in testing this season while Oscar Piastri has joined them as a reserve driver. They have each been linked with Ricciardo’s drive - while the BBC have linked Seb🎃astian Vettel and Alex🎃 Albon to taking his spot.

But Seidl told Sky bef🍒ore the F1 French Grand Prix that McLaren intend to keep Ricciardo for the duration of his conꦬtract: “Yes, absolutely. He is committed. We are committed from our side.

“We need to keep working hard together to find these last♒ percentages t꧙hat are missing at the moment.

“That is what we spend all of our energy on.”

Seidl explained why Herta and Palou have driven for McLaren♎ in testing: “First and foremost we look to the short-term future. We have to put rookies into Free Practice 1 sessions. That’s why we give different guys a chance to see what they can ꦰdo in our one-year-old F1 car, then make up our mind who gets a few FP1 sessions.

“Palou and Colton both did a great job. They are impressive whic𒈔h is no surprise.

“My short-term need is to have one or two drivers to fill a seat when we need to do🍸 FP1 sessions.”

He reiterated about Ricciardo and improving their performance together: “It is always a combinatio𒉰n - we try, on our side, fꦿor what we can do. He feels comfortable when pushing the car to the absolute limit. He adapts. He puts in a lot of work with the engineers in Woking.”

Ricciardo said🍌 to Sky: “I know what I’ve go🍌t. I know my future. I know my contract.

“People create questions and their own answers.”

Ricciardo had posted on social media in an attempt to quell speculꦓati♏on that he would be replaced: “I was setting it straight.

“Bad 🃏days are sometimes the best days because🐈 it ignites a fire in my gut.

“Give me a winning car and I’ll win. That’s⛄ the challenge for mysꩲelf and McLaren.

“That is the confidence I have in myself. That’s wh🎐y I wake up and still want to do 𝄹this.

“We have been up and down. Ultimately we are now in a fight for fourth in the🐷 championship.

“It is our target t𝐆o꧃ maintain fourth. It hasn’t been the first six months that we wanted.

“I feel like we are getting closer.”

Ricciardo: “I’ve not forgotten how to drive”

The 3ඣ3-year-old has eight wins in his 11 years as an F1 driver. In 2014 and 2016 he came third in the championship standings.

In an exclusive interview with wuqian0821.com earlie🙈r this season he said: ♐“The reality is I’ve not forgotten how to drive in six months, I haven’t lost my compet🅠itive edge, it’s just kind of a moment in time that I knew I could come out of.”