F1 Italian Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton advises Daniel Ricciardo not to take Mercedes reserve driver role
Ricciardo enters the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 Italian Grand Prix with his future still up in the air - he will leave McLaren and hopes to stay in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 2023 driver line-up but hasn’t yet found a new seat.
A Daily Mail report suggested 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Mercedes could take Ricciardo as a reserve driver next year with a view to replacing Hamilton, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:if he retires, in 2024.
But Hamilton wants to see h♕is fellow veteran Ricciardo remaꦏin on the grid: “He should be racing, personally.
“He is far too ta🅘lented [to be a reserve dri🅘ver]. He has earned the right to be among us racing.
“If he’s a ❀part of our team? Then great. But that role isn’t what’s best for him.
“If I was managing him, he’d be racing.”
McLaren have paid off the final year of Ricc🅰iardo’s contract and will replace him with Oscar Piastri next year.
Alpine, Haas and Williams still have unconfirmed vacancies for 2023 but Ricc🍷iardo hopes for an opportunity which has longevity.
“I am assessing everything,” he said. “I don’t ha🎀ve anything teed up yet, n♓othing confirmed.
༺“There is no reason to hold back information now. There are no secr💮ets.
“Over time, the right th🐟ing, whatever it is, will make sen🦩se.
“It’s not just about what🎃’s right for next year. It goes beyond 2023. It’s about what’s next for my future. It’s complex.
“The truth is, I’m keeping every option for next year and the future. I don’t know what next year looks li🅺ke.
“I do want to be on the grid. I do want to race.
“This ꧃has been a challenging time but it hasn’t taken away the love of the sport, or the desire to compete.”
Ricciardo is the joint-fifth 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:highest-earning F1 driver inꦿ 2022 so it remains to be 🌳seen what he wants for🤪 a seat next season.
He is returning to Monz💃a where he won last season, the most recent of his eight F1 victories.
“Monza is a place I have always enjoyed🐬,” he said. “My mum ✃and dad are here this weekend! It’s good to be back.
“I can’t say we’ll repeat it this year. But comi﷽ng in with good feelings is cool.
“It’s hard to say we’ll finish 💫on the podium. I think we’ll be alright but who knows.”
James was a spo𝄹rts journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everythin൲g from American sports, to football, to F1.
