“Nothing Is Confirmed”: Daniel Ricciardo Gives Latest Update on Future F1 Plans as He Closes in on His Final Race

The future looks uncertain for outgoing McLaren driver Daniel Ricciardo. After announcing his mutual split from the Woking-based outfit, he failed to land a seat to drive in F1 next year. Moreover, with mostly all the positions filled for next year, Daniel will now look to take up a reserve driver role. Mercedes and Red Bull have both been interested in securing the Australians’ services.

It looks like Daniel will make a decision about his future after the Abu Dhabi GP. In Thursday’s press conference, the Honey Badger revealed that nothing was confirmed about his future yet. However, he did mention that there was some progress being made about the same.

Ricciardo said, “Not yet. Progress, yes, but still nothing is confirmed. But progress is being made. Hopefully, you can see my good looks again next year to some degree.”

The Australian had a race to forget in Interlagos. He took out Friday’s pole winner Kevin Magnussen in dramatic fashion before falling prey to his own crimes. The Honey Badger will be hoping that his last race for the foreseeable future isn’t like the one in Interlagos.

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Furthermore, he would also hope to score points in the process and repeat his heroics from the Mexico GP weekend. Both McLaren and Daniel Ricciardo could use some points in their fight for P4 in WCC.

Haas boss Guenther Steiner hits out at Daniel Ricciardo after not ‘answering his phone’

Guenther Steiner arguably suffered rejection from Daniel Ricciardo for the Haas seat for the next year. Moreover, Ricciardo rubbed salt into the Haas boss’ wounds after taking out Kevin Magnussen in the last race. Furthermore, the Haas boss hopes the Aussie will not be calling him since he won’t be picking up his calls anymore.

Guenther Steiner said, “In the beginning, I reached out. Before the McLaren thing happened, I reached out to see what he was doing next year, but then we didn’t go anywhere.”

He further added, “He never spoke with me. He still doesn’t speak with me – and he’d better not after last weekend when he crashed into us! So I don’t answer the phone call anymore.”

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Ricciardo is currently P12 in the driver’s standings, 1 point behind retiring legend Sebastian Vettel. He’ll hope to finish his last race in points and help McLaren overtake Alpine in the constructor’s championship. Can the Aussie driver finish his McLaren stint on a high?