Ricciardo’s contract with McLaren has been terminated a year early and he won’t feature in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 2023 driver line-up.

He💝 is instead exploring roles as a reserve and test driver - reportedly with Mercedes or Red Bull - but McLaren c🃏ould ask him to stay as a back-up.

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Asked if he had decided his next move, Ricciardo s�💜�aid: "Not really.

"There's nothing yet close or confirmed or anything. I can make something up b✤ut nothing 🎀new to tell you."

Asked if a꧅ deal with Red Bull was finalised, he ꦜsaid: "It's not, I can tell you now. Nothing is done.

"Look, as I have said bef�ꦡ�ore, I have nothing to hide.

"From a contractual point of view I'm free to talk but there's ൲nothing done.

"If something w💫as done, trust me, I'd be saying it. So there's nothing holding that back."

Ricciarꩲdo was a Red Bull driver before leaving for Renault.

He could now provide back-up for 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez in 2023 in order to stay visible to return ♕to the grid in 2024.

But McLaren team principal Andre🅷as Seidl has ope🗹ned the door to keeping Ricciardo as their reserve driver next season.

ไ“That’s a discussion w🐓e didn’t have yet," said Seidl.

"It’s a discussion w🍸e would usually have in the winter. As you know as well, we have an agreement in place with other teams as well in orde൩r to share reserve drivers.

“Again, there is absolutely no hard or bad 💞feelings between Daniel and us and therefore anything is possibleꦐ.

“It is clear that with Daniel leaving the team, we are losing not just a great driver but also a♈ great personality and he will be deeply missed in the team.

"That is why we are both committed to making sure that in these last races we are doing together, that we are still trying to put in some good performances in order to finish our journey together on a hi☂gh.

“I don’t want to go into any speculation of what he is doing next ꩵbut in the end, whatever h𓆉e is doing next, wherever he is a driver next, that’s exactly what his next team or employer will get – a great driver and a great personality.”

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri will replace Ricciardo, and partner 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris, next season.

Ricciardo crashed out of the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix after contact with Kevin Magnussen, and as a result will have a three-place grid penalty for Abu Dhabi. He is 12th in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 standings.