Daniel Ricciardo is edging towards retirement unless ♎he can find the form of his younger years, he has been warned.

The veteran RB driver entered the 2024 F1 season ho♊ping to prove his worth, and earn a step up into the Red Bull next year.

But his results haven't yet justif♛ꩲied displacing Sergio Perez, and Ricciardo has been told that he might not earn any full-time drive in 2025 and beyond.

L'Equipe's Fred Ferret, speaking before the F1 Australian Grand Prix, told the podcast about Ricciardo's other options: "Re𓆉tirement. If he is still in this way of driving, from the [first] two races, I would say yes.

"We thought the new [RB] should have been the car to be beat🌺en, because it's a copy of the RB19.

"But the others made huge progress so it's s🐲till the RB19 but in the middle of the grid.

"Yuki Tsunoda is performing better. If Daniel doesn't perform better🍷, it's going to be tough for him."

Natalie Pinkham added: "Daniel reported some pre꧋tty tou✅gh challenges with the car in Saudi.

"And yet, Helmut Marko was public in his pres๊sure on Daniel ye✤t again.

"If there was a probleܫm on the car, then pr⛦esumably Marko knew about it. But he chose to speak out publically about Daniel.

"He has the experience to bounce back from this."

Ricciardo was ditched b𝓀y McLaren after a rough 2022 where he trailed Lando Norris and found himself without a full-time race seat last year🗹.

But he was drafted in midway through to inject some experience in𒈔to Red Bull's sister team AlphaTauri.

He earned the opportunity after an impressive test in the Red Bull which delighted Chris🌟tian Horner.

Ricciardo's latter half of 2023 was then blighted♕ by injury which gave Liam Lawson a brief chance to show what Red Bull and AlphaTauri were mi👍ssing.

Ferret argued: "When Daniel moved from Red Bull to Renault it took him some timeꦡ to deliver.

"When he moved from Reꦰnault to McLaren, he never delivered, even if he won [one grand prix].

"Whenꩲ he moved 🎐from McLaren to [RB] he isn't as impressive as he was.

"He's getting old and he's not able toꦗ come back in every car that he has to drive.👍"

Pinkham said: "Looking at race results, you♋ are right.

"But th🌱ere a💮re so many caveats. It is littered with caveats.

"That McLaren was so difficult to dri✨ve. Lando has only ever known that McLaren, he grew with the team.

"[Ricciardo] did perfor🏅m at Renault. He outperformed the car arguably.

"And he broke his hand at Zandvoort [for AlphaTauri last 𝄹year]! That was a horrible setback for🦄 him.

"And acꦰtually it looked as if he was going to do something in that car, towards the latter half of the season.

"I'm a 🍒fan, a supporter, of his. But I re𒊎cognise that you've got to put the work in, and get the results. It's a results driven game.

"But I believe he can do that."