Daniel Ricciardo insists he is not becoming ARROGANT as he refuses to start off F1 occupation from scratch and will only generate for a major team in 2024
Aussie is back at Red Bull as reserve driver Came after break up with McLaren Wants to return to the grid, but only with leading team
Daniel Ricciardo has refused to start out his F1 vocation from scratch and will only travel for a major crew in 2024.
Ricciardo opted to get a hole 12 months next a disappointing two-12 months stint at McLaren, where by he was unceremoniously sacked final yr.
He is now again with Crimson Bull as a reserve driver, and stays self-assured that he will return to the grid subsequent time.
Nonetheless, he is only intrigued in a leading seat and not any seat that will have to have him to get started from scratch.
Ricciardo insists that his conclusion is not pushed by arrogance, but by his desire to carry out at his best and prosper.
A happier and refreshed Ricciardo wants to return to a leading drivers posture in 2024, but only with the correct auto and the appropriate team
Previous Australian f1 world champion Alan Jones provides some sage assistance to Ricciardo in the course of the Aussie GP in Melbourne
He believes that starting off from scratch will not promote him or give him the 2nd wind he is hunting for.
‘I realized this was going to be a hazard certainly eradicating myself from a seat. But I imagine it’s distinct what I you should not want. I do not want [just] any seat next year… I do not want to just begin from zero, and variety of establish my [F1] career from scratch,’ he stated.
‘It’s not coming from an arrogant place. But I am just past that. I you should not imagine that’s likely to promote me or give me that 2nd wind I am on the lookout for.
‘So it tends to make the leading seats even scarcer. But that is in which I know I will be in a position to accomplish at my best and prosper.’
Purple Bull crew principal Christian Horner has uncovered that Ricciardo picked up a variety of poor routines in the course of his time at McLaren, which suggests that he was overcompensating for a very poor vehicle.
Nevertheless, the Crimson Bull team has rallied all over him to aid construct him back again up. Ricciardo is now experience extra self-confident and has moved on from the lows he felt under Zak Brown.
‘I felt like everybody was enthusiastic for me to appear again and it was kind of like open up arms,’ he stated.
‘I didn’t anticipate absolutely everyone that I used to perform with to be as sort of high [about it] as I am. I assume it is really interesting. I have moved on, I’ve matured. I’ve lived and acquired. And I’ve form of grown as a result of it all.
‘The first working day back again at Pink Bull in the simulator was the most fun I have at any time had driving a simulator. Which is outrageous, especially for the reason that at this position in my job which is generally the tedious do the job.
‘But Simon [Rennie], my engineer at the time at Purple Bull, he is jogging the sim now. So it was like we were again in the regime of 2018 and mate, I loved it. It took me a couple of laps to get heading and, once I did, it all felt common all over again.
‘I would actually say in a working day my self confidence went from staying possibly rather reduced to again at the stages I don’t forget being at.’
Ricciardo has been carrying out do the job powering the scenes for Purple Bull and being aspect of the support crew for Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez
Ricciardo poses for a photo with tennis champion Ashleigh Barty in the Paddock during qualifying forward of the F1 Grand Prix of Australia at Albert Park
One particular crew that could be fascinated in the Aussie F1 star is Haas, with workforce principal Guenther Steiner revealing that he experienced spoken with Ricciardo prior to the Formula 1 paddock landing Down Below.
Nevertheless Steiner insisted people talks did not contain deal negotiations for 2024.
‘Not at the instant, Daniel’s with Red Bull, I don’t know for how lengthy,’ Steiner advised Sky Sports News.
‘I truly was with Danny on the aircraft to Australia so we experienced a tiny little bit of a chat. Not about the contract just about common existence, we didn’t even go there to be straightforward.
‘I never know, Danny wanted to get a yr out and then see what he needs to do subsequent and I consider when he’s prepared he will mobile phone individuals up and say ‘I’m completely ready again.’