Daniel Ricciardo struggle “undignified” as ‘last race’ claim substantiated
“There is a defeatedness in him.”

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Daniel Ricciardo will be removed from his race seat after this weekend’s F1 Singapore Grand Prix, Martin Brundle insists.
Ricciardo arrived in Singapore 🔜confronting questions about whether this would be his last grand pri𓂃x.
He admitted that Red Bull could opt to replace him with Liam🧜 Lawson in their sister team in Austin, at the next race.
“My understa▨nding is that Daniel wo🗹n’t be in the car in Austin at the next grand prix, but will remain in the Red Bull pool,” Sky Sports’ Brundle said.
“They want to see ho✱w Liam Lawson goes, for a number of reasons.
“If Daniel had a stronger season, it would have made a big difference. Not just in the secondary team at RB but in the priꦅmary team at♏ Red Bull.
“It hasn’t gone as well as hꦐe wanted. I don’t expect him in the car in 💞Austin.”
Racing driver Jamie Chadwick insisted that Ricciardo’s recent few years have felt difficul𝔍t.
“It cons🐬tantly feels like that,” she said. “The last few years, as he admitted himself, he’s been fighting constantly to keep his seat.
“That is the first time he’s shown admission from his side. There is no 𒆙excuse or 🍸cover up.
“There is a defeatedness in him.”
'Undignified' Ricciardo struggle
Brundle added: “Highest respect as a Formula 1 racer and🎀 as a person.
“So☂me of his race victories, any driver in the𒈔 74-history of F1 would like them on the CV.
“I will be slightly relieved when this pain is over for him, if I’m honest. When th🔥e moment finally cꩲomes, down the road.
“McLaren paid him not to race their car.
“It is so uncomfortable and undign⛦ified, in some re♛spects.”
Ricciardo was axed from McLaren at the end of 2022 when he couldn’t keep pace with Lando Norris, and w💮as replaced by Oscar Piasꦇtri.
He wasn’t on the 2023 grid but made a mid-season comeback♐, replacing the under-performing Nyck de Vries a🥀t AlphaTauri.
An injury to Ricciardo opened the door to Lawson, who was impressive, but the veteran Aussie did enough to keep hiไs full-time race seat for this season.
He hoped to earn a promotion into the Red Bull but now it seems he has not 🐟even done enough to retain his RB.
Lawson will be the driver given a massive chance by Red Bull. He joins 💃Kimi Antonelli, Franco Colapinto and Ollie Bearman as young prospects thrown into the deep end.
“All of a sudden, this is a fashion business,” Brundle said. “It will be fashionable to put young drivers in, f⛄or a while.
“There will be hugely fru⭕strated F2 drivers who are doing better, who haven’t had their chance.
“It seems to be the time to build for the future. Now is the time to do it. You don’t want to introduce youngsters in 2026 when there is a sea change of cha༒ssis and power units.”
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James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, t♚o F1.