F1 Italian Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton advises Daniel Ricciardo not to take Mercedes reserve driver role
Ricciardo enters the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果: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5最新开奖结果:F1 2023 driver line-up but hasn’t yet found a new seat.
A Daily Mail report suggested 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Mercedes could take Ricciardo as a reserve driver next year with a view to replacing Hamilton, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:if he retires, in 2024.
Bꦅut Hamilton wants to see his fellow veteran Ricciardo remain on the grid: “He should be racing, per🍸sonally.
“He is far 𒁏too talented [to be a reserve driver]. He has earned the right to be amonꦫg us racing.
“If he’s a part 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 Ricciardo 🌳hopes for an opportunity which has longevity.
“I am assessing everything,” he said. “I don’t have anything teed up yet, nothing confꦛirmed.
“There is no reason to hold back infor꧙mation noꦐw. There are no secrets.
“Over time, the r🐠ight thing, whatever it is, will make sense.
“It’s not just about what’s right for next year. It goes beyond 2023. It’s about wh💝at’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 what next year look🌃s like.
“I do want to be on the grid. I do want to race.
“This has bee🎶n a challenging time but it hasn’t taken away the love of the sp♔ort, or the desire to compete.”
Ricciardo is the joint-fifth 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:highest-earning F1 driver in 2022 so it remains to be seen what he wants f𝐆or a seat next season.
He is returning to Monza where he won lasﷺt season, the most recent of his eight F1 victories.
“Monza is a place I have always enjoyed,” he sܫaid. “My mum and dad are here this weekend! It’s good to be back.
“I cꦆan’t say we’ll repeat it this year. But coming in with good feelings is cool.
“Iꦦt’s hard to say we’ll finish on the podium. I think we’ll be alright but who knows.”
James was a spo🎃rts j🍃ournalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
