Ricciardo finished 11th in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:F1 standings for McLaren, drastically behind teammate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lando Norris, in a torrid year where nothing went right.

He commanded the joint-fourth biggest pay packet in the list of 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:F1 salaries so McLaren opted to terminate his contract for 2023 and replace him with rookie 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Oscar Piastri.

McLaren CEO Zak Brown could not explain to why Ricciardo’s decline happened: “We don’t know. We have certainly analysed it. We gave it everything we’ve got, Daniel gave it e💎verything he’s got and our re🍎lationship with Daniel was great.

“It was clearly disappointing for both of us as to the outcome. I think it’s a great mystery as to why. I don’t think Daniel knows, we 🅘don’t know, we tried everything. Maybe🥃 we worked too hard.

“Ultimately that’s why we both decided to make a change because we had t🍌ried everything and we really didn’t know why it 🌃wasn’t clicking.

“So hopefully a change of environment for him [will mean] he’ll geܫt his magic back because for sure he’s a magical guy. You saw in Monza what he’s capable of, and he’s done that seven other times. But we needed to make a change ൲because we couldn’t figure out what had gone wrong.”

Ricciardo will be the third driver for his old team, Red Bull, this year after rejecting opportunities to remain in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:F1 2023 driver line-up.

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