‘If I want to return, I’ll make it happen’: Daniel Ricciardo reveals revenue would not be a issue if he can make System A person comeback… but it will only be on the cards if he can land a aggressive push subsequent period
Daniel Ricciardo is presently the reserve driver at Red Bull for the 2023 seasonBut the Australian admits he could be tempted to return to the activity in the futureThe eight-time race winner left McLaren in 2022 just after a disappointing spell
Daniel Ricciardo is ready to return to Method One for up coming to very little.
The Aussie favourite is sitting out this year right after staying sacked by McLaren very last time period and is now reserve driver at Pink Bull.
The 33-12 months-previous is remaining feted in Melbourne forward of the Australian Grand Prix. Even so, the eight-time race winner has number of possibilities open up to him for next year. He undoubtedly simply cannot need massive bucks for a race seat.
‘Transparently it wouldn’t be about the cash,’ said Ricciardo. ‘I have experienced a pretty long occupation in F1 and when I look back again, let us say I can obtain the pair of jeans that I want to invest in.
‘But this yr I will replicate on myself and the place I am at in daily life. The rationale to get back again into it would be the purpose why I started off racing in the initially position.
Australian star Daniel Ricciardo admits he hasn’t dominated out a return to Formula One particular
This 12 months he is again at former staff Red Bull as a reserve driver as he weighs up long term possibilities
‘It was not to be famed. It was not to make money but it was mainly because I want to be the best, I want to acquire races and I want it more than any individual else and that is what will give me the generate to get back again on the grid.
‘One issue I do know is as substantially as I do see myself or want to put myself racing following 12 months, I wouldn’t say that is at any value.
‘I want to be in a aggressive auto and I really don’t want to restart my entire vocation from floor zero. I don’t see a decade in advance of me.’
Haas group principal Guenther Steiner, who elected to indication Nico Hulkenberg immediately after axing Mick Schumacher last season, explained Ricciardo desired 10million US dollars (£8m) to race for the American workforce.
Speaking at an party along with winner surfer Mick Fanning to start Crimson Bull Racing’s partnership with premium outdoor retailer YETI, Ricciardo included: ‘If I genuinely want to return to the grid, I will make it occur.’
Ricciardo departed F1 at the finish of the 2022 year immediately after leaving McLaren (previously mentioned)
Guenther Steiner statements he attempted to indicator Ricciardo for Haas but could not concur a offer
Australian compatriot and former F1 entire world winner Alan Jones, pictured speaking with Ricciardo in 2015, can’t see him returning to the grid
But Alan Jones, the 1980 entire world champion, lately stated he couldn’t envisage his compatriot returning to F1. Australia’s final world winner, Jones also explained Ricciardo used far too a great deal time concentrating on functions outside the house the cockpit.
Hitting back again, Ricciardo mentioned: ‘I know me better than anybody. I know my inner thoughts, and my needs, and my push and it is going to be up to me and how terribly I want it.
‘I will show that intent with what I am performing off observe, powering shut doorways and when I am operating with the group. A ton of persons may possibly just see what you are undertaking on social media, and it is typically not a accurate illustration of almost everything that is going on.
‘I sit below nowadays and I have self-confidence I will get back on the grid if that [pointing to his heart] is certainly there, and 3 months into this calendar year that will not feel like it is lost. There have been tiny signals listed here and there that I have that want, that starvation and that drive.’