Red Bull’s decision to axe Daniel Ricciardo after 💟the Singapore Grand Prix brings to an end an F1 career which spanned 14 seasons.

The 35-year-old Australian’s likely 🌳final F1 act was to snatch the fastest lap bonus point away from McLaren’s Lando Norris and aid Max Verstappen andꦺ Red Bull’s title bids.

Ricciardo, a winner of eight grand prix, will b♑e replaced in RB’s driver line-up by Red Bull reserve driver Liam Lawson from the United States Grand Prix onwards.

With Ricciardo’s F1 career likely over for good, barring something trul💧y unusual happening, we’ve considered what he may choose to do nꦆext…

NASCAR

Ricciardo grew up idolising NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt. His race number (3), which he has used since 2014, was pic﷽ked in tribute to Earnhardt who ran the same number for the major🐓ity of his career.

He got to live out his boyhood dream at the 2021 United States Grand Prix when𒁃 he drove Earnhardt’s 1984 Chevrolet Monte Carlo NASCAR for a show run at COTA.

Ricciardo, who has a residence in Los Angeles, has expressed his desꦑire to compete in NASCARꦇ. So could a full-time switch to racing in America be on the cards?

"I g🌸rew up a fan of NASCAR," he said in a recent interview with Tourism Western Australia. "I'd like to drive a NASCAR, I'd love to drive around Daytona for example. But would I like to compete? Yes and no.

“I know it🐓's not what I grew up doing and I'll probably get smoked. [So] I don't know if I need that [but] I would love to experience it.”

Supercars

Ricciardo has previously sampled Supe🏅rcar machinery for promotional runs and has also spoken of his wish to rac🔥e at the legendary Bathurst circuit.

"Obviously it’s the V8 that do the race there [Bathurst], but you know there's the 12 hour and stuff so maybe that's one I could compete in,” he said in the same i💦nterview.

“If a V8 team said 'hey, do you want to do a few laps around Bathurst, no pressure, just to experi💟ence it,' then I'll definitely take that up."

Having first tried his hand in a Supercar at Calder Park ahead of the 2019 Australian Grand Prix, Ricciardo might be tempted 🙈to 🎉have another go.

IndyCar

Back in 2022 when Ricc🍒iardo’s future was uncertain after being dropped by McLaren, he maintai🗹ned he had no interest racing in IndyCar, remarking that “ovals scare me”.

Speaking to media inꩲ Singapore, Ricciardo admitted that remain♒s the case.

🔥“I’ve t☂hought about it because I also thought about it a couple years ago when I knew I wasn’t going to start the 2023 season, but, I don’t know,” he added.

Thi𝓀s seems like an unlikely career change, but perhaps Ricciardo’s view m൩ight shift now the door has been slammed shut on his F1 dream?

MotoGP

Yes, you read that correctly.

Ricciard♈o is a well-known dirt bike enthusiast and has admitted he would love🌳 to have a go at swapping four wheels for two.

However, it came with the following caveat:❀ “I would be very,🐼 very slow and probably horrendous.”

Perhaps it would only be for fun, rathe🐬r than a genඣuine attempt at scratching his competitive itch but we wouldn’t put it past this Australian daredevil.

Retire from racing altogether

Ricciardo said after the Singapore Grand Prix that h🐼e would give himself time to “figure out what’s next”, adding he wou🅺ld “maybe go on and climb mountains or something.”

Was that an iꦡndication that Ricciardo is thinking about calling time on racing altogether to seek a slower pace of life?

It’s not the first time he has talked 𒁏openly about retirement, having told Tourism W🎐estern Australia: "I could genuinely see myself retiring in Margaret River one day. I just love the way of life ... It’s a breath of fresh air, everything slows down.

"I think everyone is just so connected down there🅘 to the place, to the land … everyone just feels so free and happy. The way of life there is just my vision of retirement.”