Ball in Daniel Ricciardo’s Court As One Team Opens Offer To Rescue F1 Career

Everyone in the Formula 1 world is well aware of Daniel Ricciardo’s exit from McLaren at the end of this season. The Australian is all set to leave the British team after spending two seasons with them. However, there’s still a ray of hope for the man from Land Down Under.

Haas is reportedly assessing Mick Schumacher’s position on the team. Even though it’s not concrete if the German will be replaced by the outgoing McLaren driver, team boss Guenther Steiner believes it’s Ricciardo who needs to make a call.

On this, the Haas supremo shared to RTL, “In his situation, Daniel first has to decide for himself what to do. It makes little sense to persuade him to do something, he has to decide for himself. If he feels like it, he’ll definitely call, otherwise, he’ll probably say I’m taking a sabbatical or something else.” [Translated using Google]

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McLaren has decided to replace Ricciardo with Oscar Piastri next season. That leaves the former Renault driver without a seat in 2023. However, Haas could come to the rescue of the Perth-based driver, as per reports.

Daniel Ricciardo talked about taking a year off

As the Australian is still without a contract, Ricciardo can take a year’s break and come back in 2024. This report comes to the fans by the Fitzy and Wippa radio show where the former Red Bull star has conveyed the same.

After two years, Ricciardo and McLaren are mutually parting ways. As of now, Ricciardo thinks coming back in 2024 after taking a year back might be one step backward but two steps forward.

“I guess I’m not getting too caught up in next year. Of course, I want to race, I want to be on the grid, I want to be competing. But I’m not kind of seeing next year as all or nothing. Obviously, 2024 is something I want to be aware of and look at,” conveyed the 33-year-old.

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Ricciardo currently stands in P14 in driver’s standings with 19 points after 16 races, without any podiums. His teammate Lando Norris, on the other hand, has picked up 88 points, a podium, and is in the P7 spot in the standings.