Why rejecting Haas has boosted Daniel Ricciardo’s pay-off from McLaren
The veteran Australian will not be in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:2023 F1 driver line-up after McLaren opted to axe hi🍒m, and after he chose to take up a third driver role at Red Bull.
Staggeringly, with⛦out even driving full-time, Ricciardo 𒁃is set to earn his biggest-ever pay packet in 2023.
Ne🐎w details have now explained why he might have opted joining anoth🌃er team on a full-time basis.
The terms of his pay-off from McLaren meant the fee was maximised if he did not stay in F1 full-time, according to .
This means that by rejecting Haas’ flirtations to potentially replace 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Mick Schumacher, Ricciardo pocketed more from McLaren.
This savvy decision freed Ricciardo to take a third driver role at his former team Red🐬 Bull where a big part of his responsibility will be US-based ambassadorial 💦events.
He is free to potentially return to the grid full-time in 2024 but, by his own admissio෴n, Ricciardo has taken a gamble by stepping away this💯 year.
There is no guarantee t♛hat, despite his experience, there will be an attractive route back into an F1 seat next year.
He has, at least, maximised his remarkable earning🍌s fಞrom F1 even if he has raced for the final time.
McLaren will pair 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris with rookie 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Oscar Piastri this season.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from Ameriꦚcan s🤡ports, to football, to F1.
