Daniel Ricciardo reveals F1 comeback plan: “Movies and junk food? That’s just not me”
The veteran driver, speaking in his home country at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:F1 Australian Grand Prix whe💫re he is conspicuously absent from driving, has prꦜeviously been non-committal about ever returning.
He was axed by Mc🌃Laren last season, turned down several opportunities including at Haas, and is currentl🃏y Red Bull’s third driver.
Ricciardo described his year so far without an F1 drive: “I’ve actually we𒆙irdly found the days that I’ve got no schedule, they are t♋he days that I’ve actually done training.
“It’s not being my own boss, but writing my own schedule has actual꧋ly brought out a lot of things in me.
“I thought ‘I’ll just sit on the couch and wat🌞ch movies all day and eat junk food’, but I’m not. That’s not me.
“So even these things made me realis🔯e how much I do care about it.
“T🥃he signs are pointing towards getting back on the grid.
“I feel like that’s currently where I’m tracking, at least in my head. Just a little 🎶few other habits that I’m having or doing is pointed towards that.”
Quite where Ricciardo might go is unknown.
Red Bull are unlikely to lose Sergio Perez to create a vacancy, while in the unlikely even🦹t Lewis Hamilton left Mercedes, they might not turn to Ricciardo first.
Options further down the grid, for example💯 Haas or Williams, could emerge.
The Australian Grand Prix is the first race of 2023 that Ricciardo has attended, and he said: “The fizz is there.✅ I’m also content being here this weekend and not racing. I’m content just being part of the team.
“I’m happy 𓃲to learn from the outside becauseꦇ I think I will see more.
“I feel like I still need a bit of this time to understand a little more, with the perspective I’ve got to kind of complete me as a driver moving for📖ward.
“So I’m not yet champ🌱ing at the bit to get in the car but it does feel good to be here.
“I’m going to sit on the pit wall during the sessions and I’m sure I’🌸ll be watching the drivers pull out of the pits and be ‘oh, it would be cool to be in the car’.
“But I’m not yet foaming a꧂t the mouth🌱. I’m still just trying to be a sponge.
“I see the advantage, ওof course; every driver on the grid now has the advantage of being behind the wheel. But I have the advantage of looking at it through a wide-angle lꦅens.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering ever꧋ything from American sports🧸, to football, to F1.
