Ricciardo, sunk: “I don’t know how to continue”

In the run up to United States GP, Daniel Ricciardo He showed off his showmanship and fun character by arriving in Austin in a cowboy hat, riding a horse, just like any other Texan. I am smiling. Despite going through a very complicated moment, the most difficult in his sports career, the Australian tries to keep smiling at the races. He is one of the nicest, funniest and most appreciative drivers on the entire grid. Always joking. Even for Austin did not hesitate to laugh and hesitate Conor Mooreimitator pilots of F1 in networks. But on the track he hit rock bottom.

The Australian driver was 16th in qualifying, eliminated in Q1 while his McLaren team-mate Lando Norris posted the eighth fastest time in Q3. “I am not happy with that classification. we are very hard in the back of the car and we had some scares in the first sector. Clearly, we just didn’t get over it. We need to find out why, because (the car) isn’t giving me what I want.”, he said after Saturday’s ‘qualy’, hoping to improve in the race. But Sunday is not his day either.

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In the race, his condition did not improve. then 16thpenultimate of the cars to cross the finish line, just ahead Nicholas Latifia minute and a half off the lead, while Norris finished 6th. Lando finished 37 seconds ahead after the final 30 laps which took place after the ‘Safety Car’ continued. It is not surprising that after the appointment in America, Daniel opened up to show his frustration with the situation that was happening.

“Just when you think things can’t get any worse, they do”pointing in front of the televisions. “I don’t know how to go on because… it hurts to be missing”, he said about what he lives, completely submerged. The Australian is not aligned with the star who won at Red Bull and ends up in 2021 at McLaren. He arrived to lead the Grove team, but his performance raised many questions from the start. He endured a lot of pressure and seemed to have his head up after winning in Italy last year. But in this second season, his results worsened behind the wheel of a car he didn’t understand.

McLaren, tired of waiting for the best Daniel, announced the farewell of the driver and signed his compatriot Oscar Piastri for 2023. The former Red Bull and Renault will not have a place on the 2023 grid and that has been ensured wants to prepare to return to F1 in 2024. His name seems to be Red Bull’s reserve driver for next year, but everything is up in the air. “It’s rumors, for now,” he told Austin.