No matter who you are or where you’ve come from, everyone in this world has experienced one common aspect of childhood, and that’s games. Be it in the form of physical outdoor games or video games everyone during their childhood has spent a considerable amount of time dedicating it to these activities which were so important to all of us. So no matter how old you become, there is always a soft spot for video games in everyone’s hearts, including F1 drivers. No, we are not talking about the new-generation drivers who stream. We are talking about the F1 veteran Daniel Ricciardo and his first interaction with EA Sport’s F1 23 ahead of the Las Vegas GP tell us and the fans everything.

The Australian got his hands on the F1 23 game ahead of the exiting 2023 Las Vegas GP for a promotional event. EA Sports put up an entire simulator setup for the Australian to test out the game and express his opinion about the game.

You could hear the excitement in Ricciardo’s voice when he said, “EA Sports, I’m back in the game baby!” The Honey Badger also revealed some details about the game and its relevance to the upcoming 2023 Las Vegas GP as well with a hilariously confusing gesture.

Apparently, the game would be free for the entire 2023 Las Vegas GP weekend. In fact, in this video posted on YouTube by EA Sports F1’s official page, Ricciardo took his first lap around the Las Vegas Strip Street Circuit and crashed a few times, something he joked about during his live TV guest appearance as well.

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However, after his lap around the circuit and when Ricciardo started testing out other modes, he gave the fans a hilarious scenario to look out for in the game.

The F1 23 promotional event with Daniel Ricciardo took a hilarious turn as EA Sports exposed itself to the fans

Every game is essentially a code and as we all know, codes come with bugs. This is exactly why every newly launched game comes with bugs and hilarious unexplained glitches. This is exactly what happened during Ricciardo’s F1 23 event as well.

The Australian was hit by Lance Stroll in the game in a way he could not straighten his car. Now with the game’s AI still accelerating, Ricciardo’s AlphaTauri was moving sideways and stuck. As Ricciardo was given a 3-second time penalty for illegal blocking he confessed, “I can’t move!!”

This hilarious bug caught the attention of the fans as seen in the comment section.

“Good job on EA for willingly showing their bad AI and terrible Penalty system like that”

“Thank you EA for keeping it 100% authentic with Dani. Easily my favourite!”

“Come on Lance, give me a break” 🤣”

“1:10 EA really showing their issues with the game”

“Ea really exposed that horrible AI themselves 💀”

“EA causally showing how bad their AI and Penalty System is 💀”

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We are not sure if this video did more good than bad for EA Sports but getting Ricciardo to do the promotional event was definitely a masterstroke.